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

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

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

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth looks at a new development that reports moss spores survived on ...

A team of Japanese scientists discovered moss’ resilience for space travel after they germinated a clutch of moss spores that ...

Moss spores survived in outer space for a majority of 2022, and could even reproduce when they were eventually returned to Earth, according to a new study.

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

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth looks at a new development that reports moss spores survived on ...

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

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

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

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