Takeshi Nikawa is a professor in the Department of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan, and chief director of the Institute ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space station. The new microbe strain, officially named Niallia tiangongensis, was ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...

For decades, engineers designing space structures have been constrained by the rocket fairing: Only hardware that can be folded up to fit inside can go to orbit. This makes in-space assembly time ...

When Sierra Space won a contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station nearly a decade ago, the company promised a first for the commercial space market: a privately built, rapid reuse ...

"We want to look at the effects of long-term exposure to space — as if the Zylon material is going for a potential six- to nine-month mission to Mars." The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is ...