{"id":1414,"date":"2024-07-09T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/super-moss-discovered-that-could-help-sustain-life-on-mars\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:00:28","slug":"super-moss-discovered-that-could-help-sustain-life-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/super-moss-discovered-that-could-help-sustain-life-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Super moss\u2019 discovered that could help sustain life on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Scientists in China have discovered a \u2018super moss\u2019 that could help sustain life on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The super resilient Syntrichia Caninervis moss was found in the desert in the western region of Xinjiang and could help sustain colonies on the <strong>red planet<\/strong>, according to experts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>Moss is a very absorbent plant and can hold more than its own body weight in water.<\/p>\n<p>When the scientists dried out this particular species of moss and then rehydrated it, it sprang back to life within seconds.<\/p>\n<p>They also froze it and zapped it with radiation, trying to recreate conditions on Mars, and the moss still came back to life, photosynthesising and growing as normal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>Once on Mars, the scientists say it could help to make oxygen, suck up CO2 and keep soil fertile.<\/p>\n<p>They found that even after losing more than 98% of its water content, the moss was able to recover within seconds when it was rehydrated.<\/p>\n<p>It can also regenerate after being stored in a freezer at -80C (-112F) for five years or in liquid nitrogen for a month.<\/p>\n<p>The moss is found in Xinjiang, Tibet, a Californian desert, the Middle East and polar regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Racing to Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The race to outer space has spurred China and the United States to launch exploration plans in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, China retrieved samples from the far side of the moon and <strong>brought them back to Earth in a world first<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Why moon\u2019s south pole is chequered flag of space race 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those samples may tell them what can be built on the far side of the moon to help them get to Mars more easily.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, NASA has formulated a 20-year plan for Mars, seeking answers as to whether the red planet is habitable for humans.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists in China have discovered a \u2018super moss\u2019 that could help sustain life on Mars.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}