Common moss spores survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station, paving the way toward space ...

UV radiation doesn’t just burn the skin — it breaks DNA apart at the molecular level. Each hit forces cells to repair ...

Archivists who work in museums must be very bored. Who would think of placing taxidermied specimens from 1922 under ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...

Researchers discovered that moss spores can survive nearly a year exposed directly to space. Despite intense UV radiation and temperature swings, most spores remained viable when returned to Earth.

The moss was attached to the International Space Station, fully exposed to the harsh environment of the cosmos. Not only did ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

Sporophytes survived nine months in orbit; most endured and germinated back on Earth, revealing insights into plant ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers have discovered that moss spores can survive the harsh conditions of space. For ...

A scientist is using food waste to turn ultraviolet radiation into electricity with his AuREUS solar panels, making clean ...

When people talk about terraforming planets, they don’t usually think of moss as a tool, but perhaps we’ve been underrating ...