Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...
A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...
A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...
Scientists are asking meteorite hunters to refrain from using magnets to test the authenticity of their finds because this can destroy the specimen's magnetic memory, erasing valuable information ...