space biology

Weill Cornell Medicine geneticist Christopher Mason speaks with The Scientist about a bolus of new work on the physiological, cellular, and molecular effects of leaving Earth.

Cardiomyocytes made from iPSCs aboard the International Space Station had upregulated mitochondrial functioning.

An Israeli lunar lander carrying the tiny animals crashed into the moon in April, and now scientists are trying to determine if the creatures are still alive.

See what the rodents do aboard the International Space Station.

Images from the country’s Chang’e-4 lunar lander show the first sprouting plants.

Data from the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft show frost on the lunar north and south poles.

Radar data indicate that the Red Planet’s southern polar ice sheets cover a 20-kilometer-wide body of water.

Experiments to cultivate greens on the International Space Station and in simulated Martian environments pave the way for feeding crews during deep space missions.

Studying biology in space sheds light on future space missions and life on Earth.

Vinyl cyanide is thought to rain down onto Saturn’s largest moon, though whether the molecule self-assembles into membrane-like structures is unclear.

The plumes that erupt through the cracks on the icy exterior of one of Saturn’s moons contain molecular hydrogen, researchers report.

Two samples of Sphaerocystis that spent 530 days growing on a panel outside of the International Space Station have returned to Earth largely unscathed.

E. coli cultured on the International Space Station show increased expression of genes related to starvation and acid-resistance responses, researchers report.

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An instrument aboard the spaceship that carried Curiosity to Mars has found that deep space travelers would face worrying levels of radiation.

The Curiosity rover discovers pebbles that were likely formed by ancient streams on the Red Planet.

Japanese astronauts deliver an aquarium to the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on marine life.

Orbiting ultrasound machines are being used to diagnose and treat astronauts' kidney stones.