NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on Thanksgiving to the ISS on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the Baikonur ...

While millions watch videos of houses collapsing into the ocean, residents of NC’s Outer Banks look for ways to save a way of life.

Researchers have tested protenemata, brood cells and sporophytes of Physcomitrium patens under simulated space environments, ...

Moss spores survived an extended stay on the outside of the ISS and remained capable of germinating once back on Earth. Their ...

A team of Japanese scientists discovered moss’ resilience for space travel after they germinated a clutch of moss spores that ...

It's a long trip to the red planet and space is tight, but eating well could require just a few simple ingredients.

The plant continued to thrive in the vacuum of space during an experiment conducted on the International Space Station. The ...

In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA ...

Astronauts strapped moss spores to the outside of the International Space Station for nine months - and most of them survived the challenging experience ...

This year is the 25th anniversary of humans inhabiting the International Space Station. A new PBS documentary looks at how the ISS was built and the challenges of surviving in outer space.

That’s the subject of astrophysicist and “Cosmos” host Neil deGrasse Tyson’s upcoming lecture at the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena. JPJ will host Tyson Wednesday for a talk titled ...

The emerging subdiscipline of "astroimmunology" has been formalized, focusing on understanding how spaceflight stressors significantly compromise the human immune system. A new guide, published in ...