space travel
Growing crops on Mars? Geologists explore ways to feed a Martian colony without hauling soil into space
Practically speaking, astronauts cannot haul an endless supply of topsoil through space. So University of Georgia geologists are figuring out ...
Can the human body survive a trip to Mars unharmed? New study casts doubt on safety of long-term space travel
Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the ...
Proxima Centauri b: Why Earth’s cosmic neighbor could be suitable for life
Ever since the discovery of the exoplanet—known as Proxima Centauri b—in 2016, people have wondered whether it could be capable of ...
GMO seeds could be critical for extended space travel, colonization
If we hope to colonize space, scientists must figure out how to feed astronauts on journeys that could last years ...