A species of moss survived for 9 months on the outside of the International Space Station, new research reveals — and 80% of the samples kept reproducing when returned to Earth. When you purchase ...

Moss has surprising staying power, new research finds. In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA Space Shuttle missions ...

A reddish-brown sporophyte can be seen at the top center of a leafy gametophore. This capsule contains numerous spores inside. Mature sporophytes like these were individually collected and used as ...

When it comes to plants, there are some that really command attention, like majestic redwoods or elegant roses. And then…. there's moss, which doesn't usually get a lot of love, or even get noticed at ...

The cool part about science is that you can ask questions like what happens if you stick some moss spores on the outside of the International Space Station, and then get funding for answering said ...