On the harsh surface of Mars, where every resource counts, scientists are turning human sweat and urine into a vital building ...
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Scientists believe that these two microorganisms could work together more effectively. Through biocementation, they could ...
A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...
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NASA's Viking landers were the first spacecraft to successfully touch down on the surface of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with ...
America's favorite $2.5 billion interplanetary science project stopped in its tracks recently when it discovered a strange, bright, shiny object nestled in the Martian soil. That science project, of ...
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 ...