A recent study published in Sciences Advances suggests that microbes from Earth could survive on significant regions of the Moon for at least a week. This finding challenges previous assumptions about the Moon's hostility and has implications for upcoming human missions like the Artemis program and a China-Russia partnership. Researchers modeled conditions in lunar polar areas, finding that certain microbes, particularly the fungus Aspergillus, could persist for up to seven Earth days in shadowed regions due to protective characteristics. AI
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- Artemis program
- Aspergillus
- China
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Moon
- Prabal Saxena
- Russia
- Sciences Advances
- US
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