Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) — Texas A&M launches the TAMU-SPIRIT project, giving students a dedicated research platform ...

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

We talk about rest and work on board the International Space Station, and how the astronauts themselves are the experiments.

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

The Princeton-led NASA mission has officially begun its science mission to study the sun and everything it touches. Princeton ...

Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station this week, completing its mission with ...

The idea that life can spread from world to world dates as far back as ancient Greece and the philosopher Anaxagoras.

NASA is running a new scientific study on the International Space Station (ISS) to understand how certain fermented foods and ...

A mouse that travelled aboard China’s Tiangong Space Station has produced 28 pups after returning to Earth, offering rare ...