Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable

Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable

Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BYFrom a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, it looks almost like a colony on another planet. When one of the facility’s 100,000 annual visitors steps inside, they see a whole world – from a tropical rainf…

Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable - Tech and Science Post

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, it looks almost like a colony on another planet. When one of the facility’s 100,000 annual visitors steps inside, they see a whole world – from a tropical rainforest, glistening in 50 shades of green and teeming with life, to a miniature, experimen…