Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific ...

A common soil fungus from Earth makes it all possible. In A Nutshell Scientists grew chickpeas to seed in simulated lunar soil for the first time, a milestone in space agriculture research. A common ...

Scientists have uncovered how different types of biochar influence the movement of water in agricultural soils that contain excessive phosphorus, offering new insights into how farmers can reduce ...

After exposing notoriously resilient microscopic animals called tardigrades to simulated Martian soil, they began to move extremely slowly ...

Unique soils data from long-term experiments, stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth century, confirm the practical implausibility of burying carbon in the ground to halt climate change, an ...

In this experiment, we're going to find out how quickly water drains through three different types of soil: one heavy with sand, a potting soil, and soil heavy with clay. We're joined by BASF employee ...

Scientists have, for the first time, grown plants in soil from the Moon. They used soil collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions. In their experiment, the researchers wanted to know if ...

Martian soil? Researchers at the University of Central Florida (USA) are selling it for $20 per kilogram, not including shipping costs.