The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Following a stint in space as short as a few weeks, astronauts can develop measurable changes in the very shape of their ...

A new study has uncovered dynamics of virus-bacteria interactions in the microgravity environment of the International Space ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...

Spaceflight takes a physical toll on astronauts, causing muscles to atrophy, bones to thin and bodily fluids to shift.

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

China is testing lithium-ion batteries aboard its Tiangong space station to develop safer, higher-performance space power ...

Ants in space is not the premise for the latest Dreamworks film, but for an experiment carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Eight colonies of common ants were flown up to the ISS ...