Similarly, a separate study shows that NASA’s clean room—used for the Phoenix Mars lander mission—also contained 26 novel bacteria species.

On Earth, that trio — hydrogen, oxidants and shuffling iron — can sustain microbes living far below the surface and far from ...

Scanning electron microscopy showing the new species of microbes discovered in a NASA clean room used for the Phoenix Mars mission. (Image credit: Microbiome (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02082-1) ...

FILE - This image made available by NASA shows the Jezero Crater area on the planet Mars, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring ...

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A new study by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several institutes across India and Saudi Arabia has reported 26 novel bacterial species growing inside cleanrooms associated ...

Similarly, a separate study shows that NASA’s clean room—used for the Phoenix Mars lander mission—also contained 26 novel bacteria species.