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

Microorganisms aboard the International Space Station have extracted dozens of metals from actual asteroid fragments, a result that strengthens the case for biology-driven mining on the Moon, Mars, ...

Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key ...

Finding resources far from Earth is a well-known spaceflight limitation, but metal-harvesting microbes provide a method for tapping outer space’s mineral wealth.

Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...

Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term.

Scientists found a soil microbe that both releases and absorbs electricity, pointing to new renewable energy technologies.

ISS BioAsteroid study shows bacteria and fungi can extract metals from meteorite material in microgravity, offering insights for future space resource use ...