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Study: Earth microbes could survive on Moon for up to a week

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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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Study: Earth microbes could survive on Moon for up to a week

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  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Becky Ferreira ·

    Lifeforms Can Survive on ‘Significant’ Regions of the Moon, Study Finds

    The Moon was long thought to be inhospitable to life, but scientists have discovered that common Earth microbes could survive for up to a week in shadowed regions of the lunar south pole, a region targeted for future human exploration.

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