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Lunar Shadowed Regions Could Harbor Life, Scientists Suggest
Mysterious Lifeforms May Lurk in Moon’s Shadowy Craters Scientists suggest microbes could survive in the moon’s permanently shadowed regions (PSRs)—dark, frigid craters near the poles that never receive sunlight. A recent pre-print study (not yet peer-reviewed) proposes that bacteria like Bacillus subtilis, commonly found on spacecraft, might endure in these areas for decades or longer, […]