China and the U.S. are in a high-stakes race to build permanent lunar outposts. Can both nations coexist on the moon?

Even when the idea of terraforming Mars was originally put forward, the idea was daunting. Changing the environment of an entire planet is not something to do easily. Over the following decades, ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

Review - Whilst questions can be raised as to whether Surviving Mars: Relaunched is needed as a full new release, the gameplay is still absolutely solid.

Face every hazard space can throw at you in these tricky colony management titles.

Bruno Mars and Rosé kicked off the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday with a killer performance of their smash collaboration “APT.“ The duo arrived onstage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, ...

More Americans diagnosed with cancer are now surviving the disease — marking a positive trend that experts say reflects the effectiveness of early prevention and detection strategies, and advancements ...

It’s tough to ignore the flurry of headlines decrying rising cancer rates, especially among young women and nonsmokers. But it seems now there is a reason for hope. According to the annual American ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...