Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can survive intense shock waves and toxic chemicals similar to those on Mars. The ...

If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial material to create livable spaces would be incredibly challenging and expensive.

Mars looks familiar in telescope images, but its thin air, deep cold and radiation soaked surface would kill an unprotected human in minutes. To turn that hostile landscape into somewhere people can ...

The latest fungus on Mars research is drawing attention after scientists tested whether certain space resistant microbes could survive conditions similar to space travel and the Martian surface. The ...