Extremophile Bacteria May Hitch Rides on Asteroid Fragments
Earlier work has demonstrated that an extremophile bacterium species called Deinococcus radiodurans can survive the radiation, cold, and…
Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive
Tardigrades are tiny, endearing, and practically invincible. As it turns out, however, not even tardigrades can survive the…
How the Sun stripped Mars of its atmosphere
ⓘ NASA via Unsplash A simulated view of Mars Mars is now a shadow of its former self,…
NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars
Mars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today…
Lightning on Mars: NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Reveals a Strange Phenomenon on the Red Planet
Researchers have identified powerful Martian electrical discharges, similar to lightning, and strong enough to be observed from orbit,…
Short-term Survival Of Tardigrades In Martian Regolith Simulants
Images of tardigrades with mineral coatings. Each image is annotated with the sample, simulant and time of exposure…
Recycled human waste could help grow crops on moon and Mars colonies
The dream of a sustainable human presence on the moon or Mars has long been rooted in science…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Crunchy Nodules Where Ancient Martian Water Once Stood
NASA’s Curiosity rover got a closer look at strange geological patterns on Mars: hardened ridges with sandy hollows…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sees Martian ‘Spiderwebs’ Up Close
For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called…
Scientists Find New Clues Suggesting Past Life on Mars. Here’s What to Know
NEED TO KNOW A new study may bring scientists one step closer to answering the question of whether…
NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars
There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance…
Perseverance rover finds evidence that Mars was once a tropical paradise
Delta on Mars. A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The…