Scientists have discovered 26 new bacterial species that survived the extreme sterilization protocols of NASA cleanrooms ...

If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study has revealed that lichens can withstand the intense ionizing radiation that hits Mars ...

Futurist Michio Kaku sees humans doing ballet on Mars and projecting their brains into the cosmos. And aliens? Oh, they're ...

A nearly indestructible moss that can survive bursts of gamma rays and liquid nitrogen may be one of the keys to Mars colonization, scientists have discovered. The moss, which can be found in some ...

Named for the god of war, Mars is our planet of will, energy, sexuality, and action, getting it done and getting it on, if you will. This week, that infernal majesty is going retrograde in the sign of ...

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet. When you purchase ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Earth and Mars don’t seem to have a lot in common, but the two planets do share some similar attributes ...

Syntrichia caninervis, a desert moss, demonstrated exceptional resilience to extreme conditions mimicking the Martian environment, including prolonged freezing temperatures (-196°C), high radiation ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s ...

The point is that we can easily deal with that much of radiation. You are applying a wrong logic, worrying only about "how much higher than Earth surface that is" and then coming to "oh noes its 200 ...