Stupid question, but …” is a weekly column answering the not-so-stupid questions that, at this point, we’re all too afraid to ask. The column encourages readers to become unabashedly curious about the ...

As humanity heads back to the moon, scientists are trying to understand the impact that being in space can have on the brain. Research has shown that spaceflight can temporarily change the brain’s ...

You may have heard people say that aboard the International Space Station (ISS) there's "zero gravity," but in fact, gravity is still very much present. The station orbits Earth at an altitude of ...

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...