Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Tardigrades are renowned for their exceptional survival skills, but one environment has been found to test them to the limit.

How can Martian regolith (often mistakenly called “soil”) be used to benefit human exploration? This is what a recent study published in the In | Space ...

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

Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in Astrobiology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated searching in ...

What will people in future colonies on the Moon or Mars live on? New research shows that plants can thrive in the soils there ...

Learn how water bears (tardigrades) reacted to simulated Martian regolith, what the results reveal about toxic compounds in ...

A group of researchers at Ege University in southwestern Türkiye's Izmir have achieved a significant milestone in space biology by ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...