It is possible that extremophile microbes lcould exist on icy moons and planets with conditions similar to subglacial waters ...

Microbes that flourish in boiling hydrothermal vents, bone-dry desert sediments, and radiation-blasted Antarctic rock are forcing scientists to rethink where life can and cannot exist. These ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

In an effort to explain how life started on Earth billions of years ago, some scientists have suggested that microbes — or ...

Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...

In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers ...

Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is among the most damaging pests affecting soybean crops around the world, with current ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Scientists have identified why some gut microbes successfully stay in the gut after fecal transplants, while others are much more transient. The King's College London discovery could help make the ...