Until now, it was believed no form of life could exist on the Red planet.
Microorganisms which survived for millions of year to be road tested in space.
Kremlin gives go ahead for work on the new rockets for missions from Vostochny space centre.
Tomsk researchers were the first in the world to catch the enigmatic germ.
No, a mysterious Chinese-style palace thousands of miles from home in Siberia.
Details revealed on lunar plans in coming decades.
The BIOS-3 closed ecosystem in Siberia sustains human life autonomously by creating a micro-Earth.
Remains of suspected female of Turkik origin found in at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains.
When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.