Today, space travel for the average person is no longer a matter of "if" but "when," thanks to the imaginations of self-funded business magnates with an eye on the sky. Space is the tourism ...

Space exploration would open the door to inhabiting different planets. Space travel provides an insurance policy of sorts. In case the Earth becomes unfit for life, then at least we’ll have a ...

But some experts worry that space travel could fritter away these hard-won gains. "Eloise thinks 30 years of progress to reduce the hole in the ozone layer could be substantially undermined with ...

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This is research that could help advance the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative's vision of laser-driven space travel. Launched in 2016 by the late Stephen Hawking and tech investor Yuri Milner ...

Space travel is not as easy as it is often portrayed in science fiction movies. The main challenge is the huge distances between objects in space. The scale and size of the distances between stars ...

Space travel affects the human body in unexpected ways. Scientists now highlight a growing concern—eye health. A study from the Université de Montréal reveals that 70% of astronauts experience ...

‘Consumers are increasingly interested in space travel as it starts to become a reality, creating a new destination and application for beauty, particularly high-performance skincare,’ says Clare ...

It says its services between Sydney and Johannesburg ... has primarily been impacted.” But is space junk really dangerous for commercial air travel? While there may not have been an immediate ...