extremophiles
Earth Microbes Can Survive on the Surface of Mars, Study Suggests
Microbes took a balloon to the stratosphere, where some of them proved resilient to Mars-like conditions.
Scientists Found Creatures So Inactive They Expanded Our Idea of Life Itself
“It looks like the majority of these organisms are living at energy regimes that are below what we thought was even capable of maintenance—just staying alive.”
Even Famously Tough Tardigrades May Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change
High temperatures "seem to be an Achilles heel" for otherwise resilient water bears, a study found.
Dead Tardigrade Found Buried 3,200 feet-Deep in Antarctica Lake
Scientists found a carcass of the extremophile, microbial tardigrade a kilometer underground near an Antarctic lake.
Scientists Discover Upside-Down Lakes and Waterfalls At the Bottom of the Ocean
An ocean expedition near the Baja Peninsula revealed a strange, never-before-seen seascape teeming with life.
There's a 'Subterranean Galapagos' Deep Inside the Earth
“A decade ago, we had no idea that the rocks beneath our feet could be so vastly inhabited.”
Tiny Organisms in Earth’s Most Unlivable Places May Help Us Find Alien Life
Luke McKay, an astrobiologist and microbial ecologist, is probing the extreme limits of life on Earth to answer bigger questions about the universe.
These Dazzling Gemstones Are Home to Microbes
It's the first time traces of life have been found inside these precious jewels.
Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Antarctica’s Blood Falls
The blood red falls tumble out of a glacier 100 feet to a lake below.
Researchers Think There Could Be Alien Life Floating in the Clouds of Venus
Yet another reason to get going on those Venusian cloud cities.
The Ocean Scientist With a Hydrothermal Microbe Zoo in Her Lab
Anna-Louise Reysenbach is searching the sea floor for clues about life on Earth and beyond.
Deep Inside a Gold Mine With the Researcher Who Found the ‘Devil Worm’
If we can find life two miles underground, we might be able to find it on Mars.