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Without protection systems, the kidneys are one of the organs that would fail after the time of exposure to radiation necessary to reach Mars and return

NASA tests the Boeing ship that is competing with SpaceX to establish a regular transportation line between Earth and future lunar bases

The head of science at the European Space Agency and former advisor to the British government speaks with passion and clarity about research, politics, sexism, space exploration and scientific integrity

The international community is pushing for the approval of rigorous standards that track and limit the obsolete objects that can pass through the atmosphere and cause material damage on Earth

These deposits, which would be enough to fill the Red Sea, could be used by astronauts on exploration missions and to study the possible existence of life on the Red Planet

Russia’s tensions with the U.S. and Europe make it difficult to reach an agreement on the end of the largest international cooperation project in space, which will remain operational at least until 2030

ESA presents the first results from the telescope that aims to understand the two biggest enigmas of the universe: dark matter and dark energy

The researcher defends the utility of human presence in space to study aging and cancer in order to apply that knowledge on Earth

The Perseverance rover has detected the possible presence of key building blocks of life formed approximately 3,500 million years ago

The launch from Cape Canaveral, with a SpaceX rocket, kicks off a mission to study the great enigmas of the universe from a spot 1.5 million kilometers from Earth