A fungus pulled from NASA cleanrooms kept surviving tests that were meant to mimic nearly every stage of a trip to Mars. That ...
Scientists have long known that fungi are resilient, but a new study suggests that some strains might survive every step of ...
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Study: Deep-space-hardy fungus could survive a trip and hitchhike to Mars
Inside the ultra-clean rooms where NASA assembles its Mars-bound spacecraft, the air is filtered, the surfaces are scrubbed ...
A new NASA-linked study suggests fungal spores may endure deep space and Mars-like conditions, raising contamination fears.
A colony of an Aspergillus fungus growing in a petri dish. (sarahlai/iNaturalist/CC BY-NC 4.0) The next mission to Mars could ...
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