Astronauts strapped moss spores to the outside of the International Space Station for nine months - and most of them survived ...
To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...
Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...
Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn ...
The moss was attached to the International Space Station, fully exposed to the harsh environment of the cosmos. Not only did ...
A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life ...
Ancient wetland earthworks in Bolivia reveal sustainable Indigenous land management that continues to inspire modern conservation. In Bolivia’s hidden tectonic lakes, researchers uncovered vast ...