... bacteria could survive in space for a long period when benefitting from being shielded by rock; a concept known as lithopanspermia, meaning rocky panspermia. Using the dead outer colony members as shields gives raise to the possibility that...
...is the natural transfer of organisms in rocks, known as lithopanspermia. It is presumed to include three main steps: ejection ...atmosphere. One of the key conditions of the lithopanspermia hypothesis is that microorganisms inside meteorites are able to...