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Scientists shot tardigrades out of a gun at more than 2,000 mph to see if the critters could survive – Business Insider Australia
A spacecraft carrying tardigrades crash landed on the moon in 2019. In a new study, scientists set out to test whether the creatures survived.
Tardigrades have a reputation for being among the hardiest critters in the animal kingdom.
These microscopic creatures can survive in the vacuum of space, inside a volcano, and in an Antarctic lake nearly a mile underground. They have even returned to normal functioning after being frozen for three decades.
But according to a recent study in the journal Astrobiology, even seemingly indestructible tardigrades have their limits.
The researchers shot canisters full of tardigrades out of a high-speed…
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