The bottom of the ocean is not hospitable: there is no light; the temperature is freezing cold; and the pressure of all the water above will literally crush you. The […]
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Posted inCryobiology, Europa, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Icy Worlds, Press Release
Growth At A Wide Range Of Pressures On Other Worlds
NASA-supported researchers have studied a bacteria on Earth to gain insight into the mechanisms that organisms could use to survive on cold solar system bodies like Mars and Europa.