Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...

Published in New Phytologist, their work is paving the way for growing plants in space, a critical development for sustaining ...

MOSS has survived nine months exposed to outer space, giving hope it can help develop ecosystems for human life on Mars. The ...

Scientists finally weigh in on what it means to create life outside of Earth and what it would take to grow plants on other planetary soil.The scientist that has spoken out about this shocking ...

Doctoral student and soil scientist Harrison Coker tests plant growth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

Two recent discoveries from Mars - one from the surface and one in the atmosphere - are the latest evidence that the Red Planet could have once supported life, according to NASA. The space agency ...

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...

NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?