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Exotic Underground Bacteria Thrive On Radiation Rather Than Sunlight

Astrobiologists have welcomed the discovery of uranium-cooking bacteria that live two miles under the Earth’s surface. Such exotic and hardy organisms indicate that life might exist in subsurface environments on all sorts of planets that were previously considered inhospitable. Details of the find were reported by researchers from Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) and eight collaborating […]

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