Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A colony of an Aspergillus fungus growing in a petri dish. (sarahlai/iNaturalist/CC BY-NC 4.0) The next mission to Mars could ...

Scientists have long known that fungi are resilient, but research suggests some strains might even survive the long, brutal trip to Mars. Experts have put fungal microbes through simulations of the ...

NASA cleanrooms exist to keep spacecraft free of fungus and bacteria that could unknowingly hitch a ride to another world. But what if these procedures aren’t sufficient? This is what a recent study ...

Life keeps showing up in the harshest places on our planet and, according to recent discoveries, far above it. Scientists who sent improvised probes attached to weather balloons into the frigid upper ...

Mold can survive the harshest of environments, so to stop harmful spores from growing on future space stations, a new study suggests a novel way to prevent its spread. Researchers created a predictive ...

Decontamination in cleanrooms used by NASA to build and study spacecraft focus mainly on bacteria. Researchers recently identified fungi in samples from spacecraft-associated environments, including ...

To build a home on Earth, it’s simple: Call Home Depot and schedule a delivery. Shipping wood, metal and glass to Mars – millions of miles away, reachable only by spacecraft — is much tougher. A team ...

Aspergillus fumigatus is a mold that is found all over the world. Unlike closely related species, it can cause serious, often fatal infections in humans. What makes A. fumigatus so dangerous? An ...

Fungi found in NASA cleanrooms survived simulated Mars and space conditions. Their spores endured harsh exposures, suggesting decontamination must expand beyond bacteria. (Nanowerk News) Scientists ...