microbes
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"These microbes remind us that even the smallest partners can leave the deepest mark on our history."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
To determine where microbes might survive, researchers first examined the unusual way sunlight reaches the lunar poles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Scientists were surprised that microbes like these could endure exposure on the exterior of the space station.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Humans are natural explorers, and with them come their voices, their memories … and their microbes," said Prabal Saxena, a planetary scientist who led the study from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
I lie on the cold cement floor and let all the contaminated dust and microbes and toxic black mold spores do with me what they will.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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