Mineral Shielding Lets Bacteria Survive Meteorite Re-Entry

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Science Biology Outer Space
Russia

In the scorching, mineral-rich springs of Kamchatka, bacteria have evolved to thrive in heat that would instantly denature the proteins of most life forms. For researchers at the Russian Academy of Sciences, this specific resilience offered a unique opportunity to test a radical idea: can biological material survive the violent re-entry of a rock into Earth's atmosphere? In late August 2025, they…

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