Many people associate NASA with exploring new worlds in space, but few know it's also finding new microscopic ecosystems right here. Years ago, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, a scientist who decontaminates ...

Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists ...

Dozens of never-before-seen species of "extremophile" bacteria were hiding in a NASA clean room used to quarantine a Mars lander before it was successfully launched to the Red Planet more than 17 ...

Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant majority of species on our planet have a set lifespan and cannot exist past a ...

A tiny amoeba has broken a pretty big record. The newly discovered species of single-celled organism can divide and reproduce at a piping hot 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit), higher than ...

Microbes that are used for health, agricultural, or other applications need to be able to withstand extreme conditions and, ideally, the manufacturing processes used to make tablets for long-term ...

Protein fragments identified new types of extremophiles, which survive harsh environments on Earth, and could someday help astrobiologists identify alien life. Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in ...