Researchers at Harvard University have made an exciting discovery that could change the future of space colonization. In an innovative experiment, scientists have successfully grown green algae in ...

Researchers show algae can grow in Mars-like atmospheric pressure conditions. If humans are ever to establish permanent ...

You can safely say we humans have got the hang of living beyond the borders of our planet, thanks to the veteran International Space Station (ISS), but also the other orbital laboratories that ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

Researchers have successfully grown green algae in a specialized bioplastic “shelter” designed to mimic Mars. The Harvard ...

If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial ...

Aurelia Institute, a nonprofit space architecture lab based in Cambridge, MA, has an approach that may help: a habitat that can be launched in compact stacks of flat tiles and self-assemble in orbit.

Green roofs can boost urban biodiversity A green roof can house a high level of biodiversity - even if it’s high, dry and has poor soil quality. Becky Clover, our Urban Biodiversity Officer, says that ...

TurfMutt's free STEM-based lesson plans include an activity called Protecting Pollinators to help students learn how to design a green space where pollinators will thrive.

Students in Switzerland will use the prototype habitat to explore architectural solutions to the challenges of living on another planet.

Volunteers are about to enter a simulated Mars habitat where they’ll spend the next year as part of research for the first crewed mission to the faraway planet.

Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi have created a Mars atlas that could help us land safely on the planet.