light can pass through much of the material of the rock. Yes, see-through rocks. If that isn't cool enough, the microscopes we use to look at these thin sections utilize a very special kind of light ...

The solid basalt rock is gray, the clay minerals are orange, and the bacterial cells are green spheres. Credit Suzuki et al. 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0860-1, CC BY 4.0 ...

The International Space Station is preparing for the launch of ELVIS, a tool that could aid the search for extraterrestrial life ...

light can pass through much of the material of the rock. Yes, see-through rocks. If that isn't cool enough, the microscopes we use to look at these thin sections utilize a very special kind of ...