An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

ISS BioAsteroid study shows bacteria and fungi can extract metals from meteorite material in microgravity, offering insights for future space resource use ...

As humanity pushes the boundaries of space exploration, one of the key challenges is how to access resources from distant asteroids. A recent study published in npj Microgravity has revealed ...

Rock-and-roll puns aside, ELVIS is leaving the building — and Earth's surface — to collect data for “suspicious minds” who wonder if microbial life could exist in subsurface oceans of icy moons like ...

The SpaceX Dragon is docked at the International Space Station and is scheduled to depart on Thursday while carrying scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth. Photo Courtesy of NASA May 21 ...