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Scientists have created living communities of bacteria and fungi that could survive in protective habitats on the Red Planet.

North Charleston Academic Magnet High School students win first at international NASA contest aimed to research growing crops ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and ...

Martian soil — or regolith — isn't exactly ideal for plants from Earth. It tends to be rocky and coarse, and lacks the right organic matter.

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THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Martian dirt may have all the necessary nutrients for growing rice, one of humankind’s most important foods, planetary scientist Abhilash Ramachandran reported March 13 ...

The soil, which was developed by NASA to be as close as possible to what space travelers would be working with on Mars, was mixed with pig manure and then “seeded” with adult earthworms.

The crops were grown in simulated Martian regolith - soil with no organic matter - developed by NASA researchers that is a near-perfect physical and chemical match to real Martian soil.

The soil on Mars could be melted down, spun into fibres as strong as steel and used to make durable building materials for a potential Martian base.