How does the solar wind get heated as it leaves the Sun and approaches Earth? This is what a recent study published in ...

Solar cells face significant challenges when deployed in outer space, where extremes in the environment decrease the efficiency and longevity they enjoy back on Earth. University of Toledo physicists ...

Jack Nelson is one researcher out of a “generous handful” of Canadian academics seeking to tame the final frontier.

Last fall, a plane took off from Ottawa, Ontario, with some unusual cargo: a collection of nonviable human embryos and eggs.

What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? Anew study suggests just that, and it could help solve a puzzling mismatch between current models of the universe and ...

Space affects people and things in unexpected ways. Its low-gravity environment causes astronauts to lose bone density and can weaken their cardiovascular systems. Above Earth's protective magnetic ...

The outer reaches of our Solar System continue to reveal a complex dynamical environment where the interplay of gravitational forces shapes the orbits of a myriad of distant bodies. Research in this ...