May 20 2025SCIENCE
Space Station Microbes: Earth's New Neighbors?
Chinese researchers have found something unusual in space. A new type of bacteria has been discovered on the Tiangong space station. This bacteria, named Niallia tiangongensis, is not found on Earth. It is a relative of a common Earth bacteria, but it has changed to live in space. This is not the first time unusual bacteria have been found in space. In the past,...
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