The lack of gravity, higher radiation exposure, space-compatible diet, and other facts of life in orbit affected Scott's body in significant and surprising ways. Here are nine biological oddities ...

Whatever you do, don't hold your breath! The vacuum of space will pull the air from your body. So if there's air left in your lungs, they will rupture. Oxygen in the rest of your body will also ...

Most of our information about what happens to the human body in outer space comes from, well, human bodies. Astronauts who go on missions are thoroughly investigated, showing a muscular ...

Space isn’t lawless, but the agreements governing it don’t cover everything nations will have to grapple with as they develop ...

With Sunita Williams being stranded in space for nearly eight months, it's got many thinking about how female astronauts deal ...

Given the challenges surrounding the CD, states should consider setting up a body akin to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to address some of the pressing challenges in outer space.