#tiangong — Public Fediverse posts
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New #Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a #Chinese Space Station
It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create #spores, and may have evolved to #survive hundreds of miles above our planet’s surface.
This #bacterium, never before seen on Earth, was detected on #China's #Tiangong #space station. It has been named Niallia tiangongensis, and it inhabited the cockpit controls on the station, living in #microgravity conditions.
https://www.wired.com/story/bacteria-unknown-on-earth-appears-on-chinese-space-station/