28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
... microorganism colony is bigger. Floating high up in the troposphere 12 kilometres above Earth are colonies of a bacteria known as Deinococcus, Deinococcus are among the most radiation-resistant micro-organisms that have been discovered and they can...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... 1950s! Exposure of samples to space on the outside of the Foton-M3 capsule A robotic arm places samples of radioresistant Deinococcus bacteria outside the International Space Station Life in space In 2007, Swedish and German scientists conducted the...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... a discussion we had at the Tunisian Astronomical Society on the radio-resistance attributes of microorganisms such as Deinococcus radiodurans or Kineococcus radiotolerans and their relevance for exobiology. It was a surprise to note that, despite...
