A new study shows how simulated Mars dust affects tardigrades, offering insight into space farming and contamination risks.

This meant subjecting microbes to minimum pressures equivalent to ten times those of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of ...

The ISS has a rotating crew of seven astronauts, and they're equipped with all sorts of medical equipment, but not everything ...

Facing a series of major delays and budget overruns, NASA is re-engineering its efforts to return American astronauts to the ...

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

A study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University has shown that microbes trapped in asteroid debris can migrate to other planets, including Earth, and survive. This was reported on March 3 by the ...

One of the most fascinating aspects of Parth Pawar’s horoscope is its striking resonance with the chart of his granduncle ...

Asteroid impacts may catapult life from one planet to another, as new research claims that hardy bacteria can survive the ...

By fertilizing inorganic regolith with organic human waste that has been processed through bioreactors, future astronauts ...

"It's like the balloon that's not punctured everywhere, but where it is punctured, it's punctured deep." ...

Craters, craters, and yet more craters: this snapshot from ESA's Mars Express is packed full of them, each as fascinating as ...