Space exploration presents extraordinary challenges, from ensuring astronaut health to providing reliable food sources. As NASA advances its missions beyond Earth’s orbit, researchers like Dr. Gioia ...

As we plan longer missions to space, the moon, Mars, and beyond, we'll need a way to keep our astronauts fed when they can't ...

If we were ever to send humans to Mars for a long-term or permanent visit, then it’d be essential that we develop some sort of renewable food source. One idea would be planting vegetables in Martian ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped against ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Elon Musk might have his sights set on settling Mars, but recent experiments that utilized ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — It might sound like something out of a science fiction story, but it's all-too-real for a team of Illinois students. A group of students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale ...