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A new international study warns that reproductive health in space is no longer a theoretical concern and that questions about ...

The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question ...

The Lunar Gateway is planned space station that will orbit the Moon. It is part of the Nasa‑led Artemis programme. Artemis ...

Humanity has never been fully satisfied with this side of the horizon. Our ancestors crested mountains and crossed oceans until our species filled every corner of the world. We invented machines for ...

Researchers should urgently think about how humans can reproduce in space, experts have said. As humanity looks towards living beyond Earth, we need to understand how human reproduction will actually ...

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Finding resources far from Earth is a well-known spaceflight limitation, but metal-harvesting microbes provide a method for tapping outer space’s mineral wealth.