Space

Why Do Astronauts Grow Taller In Space?

NASA's Twins Study demonstrated the resilience and robustness of how a human body can adapt to a multitude of changes induced by a spaceflight environment.

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What Would've Happened If The Soviet Union Had Won The Space Race?

As the Cold War sprouted after World War II, so did the space race, a scientific competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.

By Toby Arguello Read More

Here's What Would Happen If You Fired A Gun In Space

The vast majority of the scientific experiments conducted in space have had to do with space itself, such as its effects on the astronauts or the spacecraft.

By Aaron Homer Read More

Here's What Would Happen If You Fell Into Space

Without gravity and in a vacuum, our bodies don't work the same. Here's what would happen if you fell into space.

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Here's What Would Happen If The Moon Crashed On Earth

With the moon actually having such a big impact on life on Earth, what would happen if it got closer? Or what if it fell and crashed into our planet?

By Diana Bocco Read More

Here's What Happens When You Shower In Space

In space, there is no drain and there is only microgravity, so water, soap, and shampoo stick to your skin and/or float around and ruin sensitive equipment.

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Here's What Really Happens When You Fart In Space

In living beings, intestinal gas occurs as part of the digestion process. What happens when you let one rip in space?

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Here's What Really Happens To Your Heart In Space

When the human body is immersed in space's microgravity, it has detrimental effects on the heart and cardiovascular system as a whole.

By Amy Beeman Read More

Here's Who's Paying $55 Million To Go To Space

The very concept of having $55 million is hard to imagine, let alone having $55 million to spend on a ticket to travel aboard a spacecraft to the ISS.

By Karen Corday Read More

How Do Comets Form?

How comets form has long been subject to scientific studies, and how comets are created is still something we're still learning.

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Technology We Wouldn't Have Without The Space Race

NASA doesn't just design space suits and space shuttles to get men on the moon and into space. There are other technologies NASA has developed or perfected.

By DB Kelly Read More

Here's Why Mark Twain Was Linked To Halley's Comet

In 1909, Twain told his biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine, "I came in with Halley's Comet ... It is coming again ... and I expect to go out with it ... The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'"

By Karen Corday Read More

What It's Really Like To Live On The Space Station

Astronauts living onboard the International Space Station 250 miles above Earth experience life a bit differently. On the space station, the effects of microgravity mean astronauts are strapped in while they eat, exercise, and use the toilet. Living on the space station can affect height and aging.

By Branden C. Potter Read More

Huge Moments In The '90s We've All Forgotten About

There are some stories that define the 1990s, but there are also some huge events that many of us have forgotten about today. Here's a refresher course.

By S. Flannagan Read More

The Food Astronauts Really Eat In Space

As NASA's page on space food asks, "How would you feed a crew of six astronauts on an 80-million-mile, three-year mission to Mars?"

By Felix Behr Read More

How Would Doctors Perform Surgery In Space?

It would take at least 150 days to get to Mars with current astronautical equipment. So what happens if you get a blood clot?

By Felix Behr Read More

The Real Reason It's So Dark In Space

Deep space is immense, brimming with potential — and not unlike Henry Ford's Model T, you can get in any color, so long as that color is black.

By Tom Meisfjord Read More

The Reason Fans Think They've Discovered The Last Guardians Of The Galaxy Easter Egg

James Gunn, the writer and director of the first two movies in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy series — and, if nothing goes horribly wrong again, the planned third entry — loves his Easter eggs.

By Tom Meisfjord Read More

The Real Reason A Tesla Was Launched Into Space

Thanks in large part to Brad Pitt, society bumped up their Latin vocabulary last year. Added to "et cetera" and "in vino veritas," everyone now knows "ad astra," the title of Pitt's movie about space travel, meaning "to the stars."

By Eric Meisfjord Read More

Here's Where Meteorites End Up When They Hit Earth

Some people might tell you that once they hit Earth, meteorites go to live on a farm with other meteorites, where they can run through the fields together and chase rabbits. Some people would be wrong.

By Eric Meisfjord Read More

Here's How Astronauts Weigh Themselves In Space

Anything that happens in a bathroom on Earth is a little more problematic in space, but they've got that figured out, too. For instance, how many of us keep a scale in the bathroom?

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Here's What Really Happens To Your Body If You Die In Space

If worse comes to worst, if it all goes south, and you're waaaaay up there in space, what specifically goes down? What do you do with a dead body?

By Eric Meisfjord Read More

The Sad Reason Most Americans Can't See The Milky Way

Stars, those mesmerizing points of light in the night sky, have fascinated human beings since forever.

By Eric Meisfjord Read More

What Really Happens When An Astronaut Sneezes In A Space Suit

The human body may be a wonderland, but it's also capable to do all sorts of things that will potentially cause trouble in the cold void of space. Take sneezing, for instance.

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The Truth About The First Ever Death Caused By A Meteorite

There are many highly unlikely ways to die, and unless you count the increasingly convoluted Rube Goldberg deathtraps of the Final Destination franchise, a meteorite strike is doubtlessly at the top of the list.

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The Truth About The NASA Astronauts Flying On The Historic SpaceX Mission

Barring any setbacks or other extenuating circumstances, on May 27, 2020, two astronauts will boldly go where others have gone before ... but they'll do it inside a Dragon, so that's new. Specifically, they'll do it in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2.

By A. C. Grimes Read More

Here's When SpaceX Will Launch Its First Astronaut Mission

The first crewed mission of SpaceX and NASA's collaborative efforts, the Demo-2, is scheduled to lift off on May 27th, 2020. Weather permitting.

By Tom Meisfjord Read More