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Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

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A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

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Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.

A powerful 2024 solar superstorm struck Mars, flooding its atmosphere with electrons and briefly disrupting orbiting ...