As humanity moves closer to the possibility of living and working millions of miles from Earth on planets like Mars, scientists are looking beyond our planet at how to acquire the materials needed to establish a self-sustaining ...
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2020
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Luis Zea is investigating the possibility of mining metals from asteroids in space using an unlikely agent: bacteria.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2019
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Astronauts are to test the world's first space mining devices, in an advance that could open up a new frontier in exploring the universe.
Space Exploration
Jul 29, 2019
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This fluorescent work of art captures the beauty of biofilms, or the growth of microbes on rocks. In this microscopic image, Sphingomonas desiccabilis is growing on basalt.
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2019
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Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it is off to work the microbes go.
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2019
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