Space travel exposes astronauts to a unique set of challenges, one of the most dangerous being cosmic radiation. While ...

"Heliophysics is the most unknown—and underrated—part of NASA’s science program," they wrote. "As humanity becomes more ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 left behind a wasteland of abandoned buildings, contaminated land, and a legacy of ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) achieved the first direct laboratory observation of ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

In a dramatic leap for astrophysics, Chinese researchers have recreated a key cosmic process in the lab: the acceleration of ...

That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by Carl Sagan. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech But what, exactly, should we make of ...

A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star ...

As national public health data systems face delays and uncertainty, Yale faculty and students are building their own. Epidemiology professor Dan Weinberger and senior clinical fellow Anne Zink are ...

Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...

Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.