It can also make leather-like materials and building blocks for a Martian house.

Some Earth-based microbes may be tougher than expected, raising new questions about survival beyond our planet.

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The possibility of life on other planets is one of the biggest mysteries in science. But what would happen if we actually ...

NASA cleanrooms exist to keep spacecraft free of fungus and bacteria that could unknowingly hitch a ride to another world.

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When space scientists send equipment into space, they think carefully about the risk of contaminating other worlds with ...

Metal-rich ripples in Gale Crater indicate a shallow lake with redox chemistry, suggesting past habitable conditions and ...