If there were ever an animal that seemed built for space, it might be the water bear. Also known as tardigrades, these microscopic creatures already sound like science fiction. They survive being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Mars soil simulants quickly halted active tardigrades, but washing one simulant with water largely removed the damage.

Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, may be better suited by a new name: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy. Unlike the fictional ragtag team of unenthusiastic heroes, the microscopic animals are ...

Tardigrades, a type of microscopic animal, in can reveal information about how life interacts with simulated Martian mineral deposits. The three images on top are active tardigrades in a typical Earth ...

Mars may already possess a built-in defense against contamination from Earth. Experiments using simulated Martian soil show ...

How can we protect space explorers from cosmic radiation without encasing spaceships in massive layers of lead? Some have suggested dosing them with the DNA-protecting protein from tardigrades – but ...