Collisions with asteroids on Mars could do more than create massive craters—they might actually send living microbes into outer space. Recent studies on the resilient bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans indicate that it can endure immense pressures akin to those generated by an asteroid impact on Mars. Even under conditions of 30,000 times the atmospheric pressure of Earth, a majority of these microbes survived and promptly activated their repair mechanisms. This revelation points to a remarkable possibility: life could potentially migrate between planets. If microbial life ever thrived on Mars, asteroid impacts might have transported them throughout the solar system. Dive into the science behind this astonishing concept in today’s video.
