Understanding how plants respond to stressors such as drought ... to space agriculture is about more than feeding astronauts on Mars; it’s about creating a sustainable future for humanity.

According to the AI’s pictures, some plants on Mars can grow with no support. However, that’s probably not the case. Nasa are currently conducting experiments to grow crops under LED lights in ...

On Earth, plants make the majority of the oxygen supply. On Mars there's a chicken-and-egg problem: the planet needs photosynthetic plants to make oxygen from carbon dioxide, but the climate must ...

This research is the first to explore the survival of entire plants on Mars' surface rather than in greenhouses, providing new insights into outer space colonization using stress-adapted plants.