▲ | pfdietz 2 days ago | |||||||
I think they could be cooked by thermal radiation as the ejecta expands. | ||||||||
▲ | sebzim4500 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Probably most would be, but there are a lot of microorganisms and only a few need to get lucky. | ||||||||
▲ | blooalien 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Tardigrades were placed in the "extremophile" class with good reason. If anything could survive a truly catastrophic impact event, I'd say the smart money goes on the lowly "water bear" to win. :) | ||||||||
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