When astronauts look back at Earth from space, they often describe an experience so profound that it permanently alters how they perceive life. Known as the "overview effect," this shift in ...

Their study, published on Jan. 12, showed a consistent pattern of the brain shifting backward and upward, and rotating upward ...

This presentation was recorded on November 7, 2013 in the "Moving Beyond Earth" exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Human spaceflight has changed our world, but can a ...