Surprisingly, a toxic compound found on Mars could help bacteria produce brick-like substances that could be used to assemble habitats on the Red Planet.

In fact, more people have walked on the Moon than have visited the deepest parts of our oceans. In this world of constant ...

With its long wavelength, near-infrared light is hardy enough to survive the limestone surroundings in the cavern: “The ...

When cave biologist Hazel Barton ventured into the pitch darkness, the last thing she expected to find were organisms harnessing energy from light. This new understanding of photosynthesis in the dark ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Researchers investigated how bacteria, used to create bricks from Martian soil, react to perchlorate, a chemical found on Mars. While perchlorate slowed bacterial growth, it surprisingly resulted in ...

The research, led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), has added another ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.

A toxic chemical long considered hostile to life on Mars, may not be an obstacle to building on the Red Planet after all. Instead, it could.