Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

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 ...