Early Martian life may have used sulfur as an energy source
Using an environment on Earth that simulates early Mars conditions, researchers found an abundance of bacteria that get their energy from…
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Using an environment on Earth that simulates early Mars conditions, researchers found an abundance of bacteria that get their energy from…
In recent decades the search for extraterrestrial life has seen major advancements in technology and methodology. The search for…
Humans are not built for Mars. Or rather, Mars isn't built for us, yet. Understanding the sacrifices such a massive undertaking needs is…
Scientists study organic material from the Chicxulub crater to identify the microbes that lived within it, to understand what happened to…
The Mars 2020 mission involves sending a rover, named Perseverance, to Mars to look for evidence of past life on that planet. Perseverance…
Experiments on the International Space Station found that lichens, a combination of algae and fungi, survived in space-like, flight, and…
Researchers studying a sulfuric acid cave in Italy are among the first to describe organisms found living in gypsum, an acidic mineral…
The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled…
Microbes on Earth have adapted to survive in some pretty extreme locations. The extreme dryness of deserts, high salinity in salt deposits,…
Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.