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NASA Study Finds Some Earth Microbes Can Survive in Lunar Polar Shadows

This finding could compromise lunar sample analyses, requiring new site-selection rules, tighter contamination tracking, follow-up experiments.

NASA Study Finds Some Earth Microbes Could Persist in Shadowed Lunar South‑Pole Niches

Study Maps Lunar South Pole Pockets Where Earth Microbes Could Survive

Radboud Thesis Finds Some Earth Microbes Can Withstand Mars-Like Lab Conditions

Explainers Break Down Astrophage—the Star-Eating Engine of Project Hail Mary

Hardy Bacterium Survives Simulated Asteroid Ejection, Bolstering Lithopanspermia

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignature in Jezero Mudstone, Raising Stakes for Sample Return

Science Retracts Landmark Arsenic Microbe Paper Under Expanded Standards

New Bacteria Species Discovered on China's Tiangong Space Station

New Space-Adapted Bacterium Discovered on Tiangong Station

New Study Finds Titan’s Ocean Could Support Only Tiny Microbial Life

Study Suggests ISS Sterility May Harm Astronaut Health

Scientists Develop Simple Test to Detect Microbial Life on Mars

NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Sets Record for Most Spacewalk Hours by a Woman

NASA's Perseverance Rover Uncovers Potential Signs of Ancient Martian Life