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fromFuturism
10 hours ago

Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to Planet While Clinging to Asteroids

Extremophile bacteria can survive extreme pressures simulating asteroid impacts, supporting the possibility that microorganisms could travel between planets via panspermia.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago

Blast off! Martian microbes might travel between worlds on asteroid-impact debris

Deinococcus radiodurans, an extremophile bacterium, can survive extreme pressures from asteroid impacts on Mars, suggesting potential for microbial life dispersal across the solar system.
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