To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

The moss was attached to the International Space Station, fully exposed to the harsh environment of the cosmos. Not only did ...

Moss is known as a plant that can thrive in extreme environments on Earth, such as the Himalayas, deserts, Antarctic tundra, ...

Mosses, like the tardigrades of the plant world, are known to withstand extreme conditions, including harsh radiation and ...

Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, ...

The spores’ thick outer walls acted like built-in shields, helping them withstand extreme radiation and temperature swings ...

Researchers discovered that moss spores can survive nearly a year exposed directly to space. Despite intense UV radiation and temperature swings, most spores remained viable when returned to Earth.

The plant continued to thrive in the vacuum of space during an experiment conducted on the International Space Station.

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

For thousands of years, pearls have been a prized gemstone used to craft jewelry and other adornments. But North America has just one freshwater pearl farm that cultivates the shiny objects, located ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the ...