A pot of gray, lifeless regolith does not look like the start of dinner. Yet in a new experiment, researchers managed to grow ...

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, raising the possibility that astronauts could one day grow crops on future ...

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SCIENTISTS have grown chickpeas in moon dirt in a bid to prove humans could farm in space. The airless, dry and rocky ...

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate ...

Researchers in Texas have achieved a remarkable first in space agriculture, successfully growing chickpeas in artificial ...

This is big leap forward to how astronauts can be provided food during their sojourn on the Moon.

Scientists have grown chickpeas in simulated moon dirt—raising the possibility that future astronauts could one day harvest ...

Scientists have managed to grow chickpeas - the key ingredient in hummus - in a Moon-like soil in a lab, bringing the dream ...

We could grow chickpeas on the Moon, scientists say - Nasa and other space agencies hope that humans will be living on the ...

Scientists have grown chickpeas in simulated moon soil, offering a promising step toward farming on the lunar surface. Researchers mixed moon-like regolith with worm-produced compost and helpful fungi ...