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		plxxyzs on Nov 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rapid colonization of a space-returned Ryugu sampl... Basically microorganisms were able to grow in a sterile asteroid sample faster than previously anticipated. So just because there are signs of life in a recently fallen meteorite is less likely to mean there are space bacteria on it.

pvaldes on Nov 29, 2024 [–]

We should expect that, as the area is miraculously devoid of competitors, poisoners like fungus and predators. Those bacteria are the first colonists.

Now we can wait for a colon bacteria colonizing this space turd and the jokes will write itself.

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