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New study: Deinococcus radiodurans survives pressures up to ~3 GPa in simulated Mars impact ejection - bolstering lithopanspermia and planetary protection concerns


D. radiodurans cells after high-pressure impacts. Credit: PNAS A recent study reveals that life could potentially persist through an environmental impact event, a scenario more difficult than previously by theworldaroundme

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