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One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

Learn about the technology that may help astronauts survive on the moon by extracting water from lunar soil and producing ...

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

A study published recently in Joule reveals that the technology can successfully extract water from soil samples and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuel chemicals.

A futuristic rice plant just 10cm tall could feed astronauts and help make Moon bases possible — and maybe even transform ...

A study published recently in Joule reveals that the technology can successfully extract water from soil samples and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuel chemicals.

MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on ...

Earth’s oceans cover roughly 70% of the surface. Beneath the mesmerizing surface, marine life is being captured by nets, traps and other human-made hazards. In the process of struggling to escape, ...

But these old rocks were one of the rarest minerals found on Earth. Until the discovery, only about a snowball-sized amount ...