Space

Space travel doesn’t affect the strength of heart muscle cells, study finds

UChicago-led research on cells from mice that had been on the International Space Station for more than a month suggests astronaut hearts can withstand longer trips

A new study reveals why the moon has a (very thin) atmosphere

University of Chicago, MIT scientists make new breakthrough in decades-long puzzle

XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays

Data to reveal flows of matter and energy close to black holes, elemental makeup of the universe

Dust collected from a speeding asteroid analyzed with massive accelerator

Argonne, UChicago scientists among the first to study asteroid fragments from Hayabusa2 spacecraft