• Question: Are there microorganisms in space?

    Asked by theflashabhikale to Kirsty on 14 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 14 Jun 2016:

      Yep- they get carried on the skin on the astronauts, just like on Earth into the ISS. Some experiments also specifically send microorganisms up to the station to study.

      We don’t know if there are microorganisms outside in space- it’s pretty cold and dark though so it would be a tough place to live

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