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The Moon is airless, radiation-drenched and can swing from about minus 173 to plus 127 degrees Celsius, yet NASA-led modelling found that some common Earth fungi and bacteria—from human skin, soil and damp bathrooms—could survive dormant for we - Space Daily

SpacedailySeptember 11, 2026
The Moon is airless, radiation-drenched and can swing from about minus 173 to plus 127 degrees Celsius, yet NASA-led modelling found that some common Earth fungi and bacteria—from human skin, soil and damp bathrooms—could survive dormant for we - Space Daily
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The Moon appears to offer Earth microbes nowhere to hide. It has almost no atmosphere, no stable liquid water on its surface and no shield against ultraviolet light or energetic radiation. NASAs stan…

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