According to the Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Space Medicine, long durations in space can change a person's eyes, including globe flattening, optic disc edema, and vision changes. The Space ...

Scientists have explained everything that might happen to the two 'stranded' NASA astronauts' bodies when they finally return ...

However, NASA learned the spacecraft had experienced multiple helium leaks and propulsion system issues so it returned empty in New Mexico last September. Following months of planning, ...

This bone density loss can put the NASA astronaut at high risk of suffering fractures once back on Earth. The cardiovascular system adapts to microgravity by redistributing fluids in the body.

An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the planet, according to NASA’s latest analysis. The asteroid, Asteroid ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

By Katrina Miller Astronomers have been carefully watching 2024 YR4, a space rock with a heightened chance of hitting Earth in 2032. But fear not: NASA announced on Monday that it posed a threat ...

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city now has an increased chance of hitting Earth in seven years, NASA reported on Tuesday. NASA first discovered the 130-to-300-foot-wide asteroid ...

Called 2024 YR4, the near-Earth asteroid initially carried a 1% chance of hitting land when NASA and the European Space Agency first announced its existence last month. Protocols require the ...

Getty The possibility of a recently-discovered asteroid striking Earth has doubled within the past several weeks, according to NASA. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which is estimated to be about 130 to 300 ...