Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific ...

Scientists are turning human waste into fertiliser for Moon and Mars farming, transforming toxic space dust into soil, but ...

Feeding astronauts on Mars without relying on supplies from Earth is a major challenge. A surprising avenue is emerging, however: transforming sterile soil into fertile land thanks... to ...

S / Shutterstock.) To study how water bears might fare on Mars, microbiologist Corien Bakermans of Penn State University and ...

Learn how water bears (tardigrades) reacted to simulated Martian regolith, what the results reveal about toxic compounds in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Mars soil simulants quickly halted active tardigrades, but washing one simulant with water largely removed the damage.

This breakthrough has significant implications for future human missions to Mars and the Moon ...

Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, may be better suited by a new name: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy. Unlike the fictional ragtag team of unenthusiastic heroes, the microscopic animals are ...

Two weeks ago, the world marveled when the Phoenix survived a 420 million-mile space journey and landed on Mars, right where it was supposed to. Now it's expected to analyze Martian soil to determine ...

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

You know how smug tourists like to talk about how climbing volcanoes in Hawaii is out of this world? Turns out they're sort of right. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is finally starting to get some ...

Tardigrades have a reputation for being nearly indestructible. These microscopic animals, often nicknamed water bears, can dry out and slip into a dormant state. This state helps them survive the ...