Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally turn CO₂ into oxygen (O₂) during photosynthesis, but their efficiency is ...

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NASA may be one small step closer to being able to send people to Mars all thanks to Perseverance. The rover used an instrument about the size of a toaster to take carbon dioxide that’s in Mars’ ...

Elon Musk wants to turn one of humanity’s biggest problems into the fuel for its boldest journey. Instead of treating carbon dioxide as waste, he is pushing SpaceX to capture CO2 and convert it into ...

The Perseverance rover may be parked at an overlook to capture any flights by the Ingenuity helicopter over the next two weeks, but it's not wasting any of its time on Mars. The rover on Tuesday ...

Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the Moon. In a study publishing July 16 in the Cell Press journal Joule, researchers extracted water from lunar soil and used it ...

Jessica Elwell once sat with her Senior Design team daydreaming about how they could solve all the problems of the world using thermodynamics. Now, she’s actually solving one of those problems by ...

For centuries, it was believed that the production of oxygen relied on one component: photosynthesis (the conversion of light energy into chemical energy). Plants and algae use sunlight to convert ...

(CNN) — The first experiment to produce oxygen on another planet has come to an end on Mars after exceeding NASA’s initial goals and demonstrating capabilities that could help future astronauts ...