NEW YORK — Six members of the advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held a protest Nov. 19 outside NASA headquarters in Washington in response to radiation experiments the ...

Students Launch Anti-Radiation Experiment Into Winner's Circle High school students from Hampton, Virginia, not only carried off top honors Friday in the Exploration Design Challenge but will work ...

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

Sep. 12—As NASA prepares for its latest launch to the moon — the first in 50 years — University of Colorado Boulder researchers have placed several stowaways on board which will help scientists learn ...

Professor Susan Lederer tells about her career with controversial science methodologies. Susan Lederer Professor, Medical History and Bioethics, UW-Madison Professor Susan Lederer talks about her ...

An Antares rocket is set to launch a bevy of crew supplies and scientific cargo to the International Space Station this upcoming weekend (Nov. 2) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

This story was updated at 4:42 p.m. ET. A controversial NASA plan to irradiate squirrel monkeys to better understand the risks of long-duration spaceflight on humans appears to have been scrapped.

Scientists at CERN are trialling a new type of robot that identify potential radiation leakages in environments challenging to navigate both for humans and other robots employed at the research centre ...

As NASA leads the way for human exploration at the Moon and beyond, space radiation is one of the biggest hazards crews face. In 2018, NASA signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and ...

NASA's Mars rovers shouldn't expect to detect biomarkers on the surface of the Red Planet, according to a new study based on an experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) that suggests ...