Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

Not even an asteroid blast could kill it.

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

It is possible that extremophile microbes lcould exist on icy moons and planets with conditions similar to subglacial waters ...

Extremophile microbes that flourish in conditions lethal to most life are moving from scientific curiosities to potential ...

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life ...

Biodegradable plastics don’t break down on their own. Researchers found ocean microbes play a key role, and results can vary ...

Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.