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Psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microorganisms have the unique ability to grow below 0°C

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As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells.

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The EU-funded project XTREMOLIFE aims to accelerate the bioprospecting and biodiscovery of extremophile microorganisms from desert, polar, and volcanic environments

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows white material believed to be dusty water ice lining the edges of Martian gullies in a region named Terra Sirenum.

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Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C.

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npj Microgravity - Microbial biomining from asteroidal material onboard the international space station

Enigmatic organism known as Prototaxites cannot be fungus, new analysis finds

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Prototaxites fossils are distinct from Fungi, suggesting that they represent an extinct lineage of eukaryotic life.

Honoring the life and achievements of Minoru M. Freund