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"Even a bootprint or a rover's tread may create a habitable area."
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannies of the Moon’s South Pole region, NASA scientists say. Published on Aug. 19, 2026, in Science Advances, these findings highlight a need to better understand microbial persistence […]
Read this reportFive common microorganisms found on Earth could survive at the lunar south pole, a new study finds, presenting a contamination risk for future human missions
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find.” Every covered outlet is based in Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from Scientific American (Aug 19, 2026, 18:00 UTC); the most recent came from Space.com (Aug 20, 2026, 20:00 UTC).
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