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

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

According to Space.com and Cornell University, NASA astronauts conducted a microbe-based meteorite mining experiment aboard the International Space Station to study mineral extraction in microgravity.

As humanity pushes the boundaries of space exploration, one of the key challenges is how to access resources from distant ...

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They were gourmet, but not from any grocery store you can find on Earth.

The EGGS-2 spaceflight evaluated SpaceLab Mk 2 from Frontier Space, examining temperature regulation, and sample protection, in orbit to advance pharmaceutical and biological studies beyond Earth.

NASA uses a portable microplate reader on the International Space Station to study bone loss, providing real-time biological data for astronaut health and space biology research.

Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

Finding resources far from Earth is a well-known spaceflight limitation, but metal-harvesting microbes provide a method for tapping outer space’s mineral wealth.

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...