Under a day of simulated weightlessness, the nuclei of human cells grew larger, yet the DNA inside largely kept its layout ...

The Moon is falling toward the Earth at this very moment. Compared to moving in a straight line in the direction it was ...

Digging a hole through Earth starts with a simple idea and quickly raises some big questions. Where would the tunnel come out ...

When the ordinary turns into the mysteriousStanding, walking. Casual physical movements that are part of our daily lives.When ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. What is below Earth, since space is present in ...

Inside a plastic bag, a nine-bladed device sat on a foam stand, tethered to a force meter. The meter registered a push. No ...

Space is a scary place. Certainly, many objects in it appear scary to our human brains, and we interpret their shapes as ...

From Earth to the Moon, Nicole Gugliucci explains how gravity changes your weight while your mass stays the same — and why that could mean a lot more chocolate.

In a new gallery called "At Home in Space," the National Air and Space Museum shows how humans have tackled risky and arduous ...

Most scientists think that Earth and Mars took shape this way from rocky pieces swirling around the young sun around 4.5 ...

It's already notoriously difficult trying to get eyedrops into your own eye – now, try to imagine doing so in the ...

Putting eyedrops into an eye is simple on Earth because gravity helps the liquid fall. In space, that everyday action becomes ...