Researchers at the California Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Icelandic scientists, have developed a new ...

In a fascinating intersection of space exploration and Earth science, NASA’s Apollo astronauts once trained on the alien-like ...

Imagine stepping into a silent forest where trees have stood for millions of years—yet not a single leaf rustles in the wind.

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What could survive in a land covered by frozen soil and ancient lava fields? In Iceland, the answer is mosses and lichens. Thousands of square miles, even beneath a coating of ice and snow during ...