Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

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

As we prepare for missions beyond Earth orbit, one crucial challenge remains: keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity.

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...

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

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

Life beyond our atmosphere presents unique challenges that we are only beginning to understand. Recent findings suggest that the environment aboard the International Space Station may be altering how ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, according to a new study.

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

Researchers found that the brain "shifts upward and backward within the skull following spaceflight," a new wrinkle for future space travel.

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