Mars changed from a blue world with water to a red desert because its atmosphere escaped into space over billions of years.

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...

Mars is rich in ice, both on and under its surface—with more predicted to lie farther below its dusty exterior. If future ...

Moss in Outer Space In 2022, Space.com reported, a package containing spreading earthmoss spores hitched a ride with the ...

Mars will never be forgiving, and survival there will depend on engineering choices—not optimism. From radiation and ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere may be preserved in the Moon's soil, offering a long-term record of Earth’s atmospheric ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant majority of species on our planet have a set lifespan and cannot exist past a ...

A study led by Tomomichi Fujita investigated the survivability of the extremophile moss *Physcomitrium patens* in space, a critical inquiry for establishing extraterrestrial human habitats. Pre-flight ...

A team of researchers from Japan has tested protenemata (juvenile moss), brood cells (specialized stem cells that emerge under stress conditions) and sporophytes (encapsulated spores) of the model ...

Life finds a way, even in the extreme conditions of outer space. A common moss survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station and came back ready to grow. More than 80% ...