Mars and Earth share similar origins: rocky planets with water and carbon, located in a potentially habitable zone. Yet one ...

They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.

New research suggests that the thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars could hold the key to understanding whether the Red Planet ever harbored life. These layers, thought to have formed ...

Syntrichia caninervis already grows in extreme environments on Earth, such as the Mojave Desert and Antarctica. The tests demonstrated that this moss can survive temperatures ranging between -88°F and ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant ...

A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest conditions on Earth in the form of lichen.

A moss species found in China's second-largest desert and many other deserts around the world may hold the key to establishing human settlements on Mars, according to researchers at the Xinjiang ...

Earth-based lifeforms known as lichens may be tough enough to survive on Mars, a new study suggests. Scientists came to this conclusion after blasting the lichens with a year's worth of Martian ...

Crew biologist Anushree Srivastava collecting lichens near the Mars Desert Research Station while wearing a simulated spacesuit, an important part of analog space missions at this research site.

A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 ...

Scientists say that the unpretentious moss, which grows in the Mojave Desert and Antarctica, will be able to take root on Mars. Researchers are convinced that this modest plant could be the key to ...

The Wonder Moss Researchers from the State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography and the National Space Science Center at the Chinese Academy of ...