A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

Innovative microbial technology allows for autonomous 3D printing on Mars, using Martian materials to create sustainable ...

Mars has not had widespread liquid water for 2 billion years, so even if ancient life did evolve there, 280 million years is still too short to suggest that the planet hosts a plethora of bacteria ...

Scientists have created living communities of bacteria and fungi that could survive in protective habitats on the Red Planet.

An Algerian scientist splits his gaze between microbes and Mars Searching for small fossils in big rocks requires specialized tools --tools that scientists could also use to look for evidence of ...

Research from the International Space Station reveals the benefits of using bacteria to extract minerals from material found on the Moon and Mars. One specific … ...

Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years. When bacteria are dried and frozen, as they most likely would be just under the surface of Mars, ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and ...

Bacteria could help us create oxygen on Mars Image source: Paulista / Adobe. NASA is already looking into tech that should let us breathe on Mars.But now, scientists want to take it a step further ...

DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's Phoenix lander before it was launched to Mars in 2007. The hardy microbes ...

A temperate Mars of the past. Dry and irradiated, the Martian surface would challenge even the hardiest of Earth’s microbes to survive for more than a moment.

A 3D illustration of Mars on a dark background peppered with stars. Life deep beneath the surface on Earth could offer clues into extraterrestrial life on the red planet.