Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the ...

Whether anything ever lived on Mars is unknown. And the present environment, with harsh temperatures, intense radiation, and ...

Mars’s atmosphere consists mostly of carbon dioxide, an essential gas for plant survival, and Martian soil has the essential nutrients plants need to survive. But because the availability of these ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including exposure to ionizing radiation, while maintaining a metabolically active state ...

In an experiment simulating harsh Martian conditions, including X-ray radiation, scientists discovered that certain lichens ...

The results indicate that D. muscorum could potentially survive on the surface of Mars. This research challenges the assumption that ionizing radiation (a form of high-energy radiation including X ...

(The lichen in this photo is Cetraria aculeata.). | Credit: Pensoft Earth-based lifeforms known as lichens may be tough enough to survive on Mars, a new study suggests. Scientists came to this ...