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Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit
Why it’s in your editionThe book asks what can live where nothing should. These tiny real animals survived open space.
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Sea of Tranquility59% matchPlanet Hunters X. KIC 8462852: Where’s the Flux?Research, Boyajian and others, arXiv, 2015Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar CommunicationBook, NASA, edited by Douglas A. VakochTardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbitResearch, Jönsson and others, Current Biology, 2008A Message from EarthArticle, NASA Astronomy Picture of the DayProject Hail MaryAndy WeirNearest in our catalogue
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- Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852: Where’s the Flux?Research, Boyajian and others, arXiv, 2015
- Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar CommunicationBook, NASA, edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
- Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbitResearch, Jönsson and others, Current Biology, 2008
- A Message from EarthArticle, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
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