Moss spores have just joined the short list of life forms proven to withstand the raw vacuum of space for months at a time, surviving unshielded on the exterior of the International Space Station and ...

The moss even made it back to Earth after 283 days - still capable of reproducing. And scientists calculated that the spores could have survived for up to 5,600 days - around 15 years - in space. The ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss's ...

Spores from a species of moss have survived nine months exposed to space outside the International Space Station. Eighty per cent of the spores could reproduce when brought back to Earth. Without a ...

A reddish-brown sporophyte can be seen at the top center of a leafy gametophore. This capsule contains numerous spores inside. Mature sporophytes like these were individually collected and used as ...

Old military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over 35 years. The results show mosses now release spores up to a month earlier ...