The name references the initial discovery of Asgard archaea close to Loki's Castle, a black smoker on the mid-Atlantic ridge between Norway and Svalbard. After further searches, microbiologists ...

Asgard archaea. Their name, taken from the heavenly realm in Norse mythology, references their initial discovery close to Loki's Castle – a black smoker on the mid-Atlantic ridge between Norway ...

Asgard archaea. Their name, taken from the heavenly realm in Norse mythology, references their initial discovery close to Loki's Castle—a black smoker on the mid-Atlantic ridge between Norway ...

Asgard archaea. Their name, taken from the heavenly realm in Norse mythology, references their initial discovery close to Loki's Castle -- a black smoker on the mid-Atlantic ridge between Norway ...

Loki transforms into a falcon and flies to Thiassi's castle in Jotunheim, where he turns Iduna into a sparrow and her basket into an apple pip and the two of them set off for Asgard. See Resources ...