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Even hard-to-kill tardigrades can’t always survive being shot out of a gun

That implies hardy water bears may not withstand crash-landing on a new planet

illustration of a tardigrade

Tardigrades (one illustrated) can take a lot: starvation, dehydration, radiation, high heat and freezing cold. But one thing they can’t withstand is headlong collisions at nearly 1,000 meters per second.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

Tardigrades aren’t completely bulletproof, after all.