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Astronauts found microorganisms on the surface of the International Space Station

"Well, we finally managed to find life in outer space, but it’s not exactly what we were hoping for. A crew of Russian cosmonauts were on a routine mission on the surface of the International Space Station when they discovered living organisms and later managed to identify them."

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SilentNegotiator3530d ago

Microorganisms? On something handled by humans?!

Haven't we found fossilized bacteria on the moon/meteorites?

Minimoth3530d ago

Well, these are living organisms not fossilized ones.

SilentNegotiator3529d ago

But we already know that certain microorganisms can survive ridiculous conditions. A satellite FROM earth, frequently handled by people can be expected to have microorganisms on it.

MrDead3529d ago

A type of sea plankton found on the ISS!?! Mr Krabs better up his game.

neoragex3523d ago

That is ver cool, never heard anything like it.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing

The supermassive black hole is 40 million times as massive as the sun and powers a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby

The asteroid zoomed by Earth at a perfectly safe distance of around 1.8 million miles (2.9 kilometers).

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Radar images reveal damage on Europe's doomed ERS-2 satellite during final orbits

Images show surprise changes to the spacecraft as it interacted with the atmosphere.