plants

Antarctica Has Gotten 10 Times Greener in 35 Years

Our satellites are dispassionate observers of Earth's climate change. From their vantage point they watch as pack ice slowly loses…

2 months ago

Plants Would Still Grow Well Under Alien Skies

Photosynthesis changed Earth in powerful ways. When photosynthetic organisms appeared, it led to the Great Oxygenation Event. That allowed multicellular…

5 months ago

Chickpeas Grown in Lunar Regolith Are Stressed but Reach Maturity

A recent preprint investigates how chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such…

1 year ago

What’s the Best Way to Water Plants in Space?

Humans have maintained a continuous presence in space on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than 20 years now.…

4 years ago

Future Astronauts Could Enjoy Fresh Vegetables From an Autonomous Orbital Greenhouse

A team from a Russian polytechnic university is working on an autonomous space module where fresh vegetables could be grown…

5 years ago

Red Suns and Black Trees: Shedding a New Light on Alien Plants

  [/caption] The grass may definitely not be greener on some alien worlds, suggests a new study from the UK.…

14 years ago