Astronauts on the International Space Station planted chili peppers in orbit. The project, NASA’s Plant Habitat-04, aims to gauge the possibilities of growing plants outside of the Earth’s soil. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station harvested chile peppers for the second time. The plant-growing experiment ...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough inserts a device called a science carrier into the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), which contains 48 Hatch chile pepper seeds for the ...

Peppers (Capsicum annuum) are easily one of the most popular veggies to grow at home — and while they can do well both indoors and outdoors (USDA Zones: 4-11), growing them indoors is often better.

Researchers have discovered an ancient chili pepper from Colorado that may upend our understanding of when and where the plant originated. The nightshade family of plants, Solanaceae, is large, with ...

Bell peppers are popular crops to grow at home and have many potential uses, from being chopped and eaten raw in salads to being cooked in a plethora of dishes. As one plant can produce between five ...

Farmers in Uzbekistan's tightly controlled agriculture sector have been ordered by state authorities to grow cotton since the waning days of the Soviet Union. But this year, under an order from ...

A British farmer says he's grown a chili pepper so insanely hot, one bite could kill you. Welsh plant grower Mike Smith from St. Asaph, Denbighshire is calling his new creation the "Dragon’s Breath" ...