28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
... bacteria could survive in space for a long period when benefitting from being shielded by rock; a concept known as lithopanspermia, meaning rocky panspermia. Using the dead outer colony members as shields gives raise to the possibility that...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
...is the natural transfer of organisms in rocks, known as lithopanspermia. It is presumed to include three main steps: ejection ...atmosphere. One of the key conditions of the lithopanspermia hypothesis is that microorganisms inside meteorites are able to...
