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Moss Can Survive Long-Term Exposure to Elements of Space, New Experiments Show


Researchers have tested protenemata, brood cells and sporophytes of Physcomitrium patens under simulated space environments, identifying spores as the most resilient, and subsequently exposed them to the space environment outside the International Space Station.

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