Roman’s primary structure hangs from cables as it moves into the big clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya

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   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 06:27:44 JST Fraser Cain

   When spacecraft are constructed, they're assembled in special cleanrooms that are engineered to have extremely low levels of dust and microbes. Now, researchers have found that specific types of extremophiles have evolved to thrive in environments designed to remove all their competitors. They examined space agency cleanrooms and found 26 novel bacterial species, with specific features that let them handle decontamination and radiation.

   https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083406