Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

An interdisciplinary research team including mechanical science and engineering professor Mickey Clemon from the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is expanding the scientific footprint of 2027’s all-Boilermaker suborbital flight mission with the addition of onboard autonomous experiments in quantum ...

NASA will stream the live undocking of SpaceX Dragon from the International Space Station on Feb. 26, 2026, with research samples returning to Earth.

While many of the experiments it will conduct in the coming months are classified, the Space Force has identified space-based laser communications and quantum sensing as two of its focus areas.

Rock-and-roll puns aside, ELVIS is leaving the building — and Earth's surface — to collect data for “suspicious minds” who wonder if microbial life could exist in subsurface oceans of icy moons like ...

Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) is set to become the most science-intensive private mission to the International Space Station. With 60 research projects from 31 countries, including India, Brazil, the United ...

India's POEM-4 experiment module burned up and fell into the Indian Ocean to avoid becoming space debris. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists understand how humans can travel through space safely, using a Leicester-built ...