A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.
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Microbes mine rare metals from meteorite in zero gravity test
Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...
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Microbes extract metals from meteorite on space station in zero gravity test
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...
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Space mining without heavy machines? Microbes harvest metals from meteorites aboard space station
If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...
An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.
Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove ...
Cosmic dust normally comes from dying stars. The recipe for a lab-made version includes a few gases, vacuum tubes and electricity ...
A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.
NASA's head of planetary defence, Dr Kelly Fast, has issued an unsettling update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth.
Researchers say the breakthrough could help them better understand how the basic ingredients of life form in space.
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