Researchers Find Moss Spores Can Survive in Space

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Most moss spores germinated normally after spending about nine months in outer space, a team of researchers in Japan said Friday, confirming that mosses can survive for an extended period in the harsh space environment. The team's findings were published in the U.S. journal iScience. In the study, sporophytes filled with spores of Physcomitrium patens were pu...