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

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

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

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The idea that life can spread from world to world dates as far back as ancient Greece and the philosopher Anaxagoras.

"Life is always hardier than we expect it to be." The post Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to ...

A famously resilient bacterium may be tough enough to survive one of the most violent events imaginable on Mars. In ...

Johns Hopkins scientists have shown that Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria can survive the massive pressures of an asteroid ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Further investigation revealed a microbe of extraordinary resilience that can flourish in a radioactive inferno that would make ...

Deinococcus radiodurans is renowned for its extraordinary resistance to ionising radiation and other environmental stresses. This bacterium employs a combination of passive and active mechanisms to ...