While lunar gardens are still out of reach, the study sheds more light on terrestrial biology that may not be limited to our ...

Researchers have tested protenemata, brood cells and sporophytes of Physcomitrium patens under simulated space environments, ...

Moss clinging to the outside of the International Space Station has survived months in open space, enduring vacuum, radiation ...

A species of moss survived for 9 months on the outside of the International Space Station, new research reveals — and 80% of ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.

Airborne DNA from decades-old filters shows mosses moving their life cycles earlier as warming disrupts northern seasons.

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...

Bolted to the exterior of the International Space Station, a few hundred moss capsules spent nine months staring straight ...

Common moss spores survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station, paving the way toward space ...

Through DNA analysis of old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at Lund University in Sweden can ...

Moss growing on stones, trees, and riverbanks around the planet collectively play a crucial role in fighting climate change, new research shows. Researchers learned that through photosynthesis, mosses ...

This neon marvel highlights the muscles of a developing aquatic invertebrate known as a moss animal, also known as a bryozoan – a member of the phylum Bryozoa. The organism gets its common name from ...