Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space ...

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On Earth there is no record of Niallia tiangongensis, a bacterium found aboard the Tiangong station that appears to be well ...

Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, along with researchers in India and Saudi ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of ...

In a surprising discovery, scientists found 26 new bacteria species thriving in NASA's spacecraft clean rooms, designed to prevent contamination on Mars missions. These resilient extremophiles ...

Yet, researchers have discovered that some bacteria are thriving in these very conditions. In collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), scientists from India and Saudi Arabia ...

NASA scientists have accidentally uncovered 26 previously unknown species of bacteria—a discovery that challenges current ...

A new study reports that 26 new bacterial species were found growing inside cleanrooms associated with NASA space missions.

The search for life in space has led astronomers to look everywhere from the surface of Mars to the atmospheres of the most distant exoplanets. Now, scientists have discovered unknown bacteria ...

Within an environment intended to be almost lifeless, researchers have discovered life thriving. It's a twist of fate—NASA cleanrooms, intended to be super-clean, have yielded 26 new bacterial ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria on board the Tiangong Space Station. According to a paper ...