Potential survivable niches for microbial life on the lunar south pole

arXiv:2608.24751 · astro-ph.EP, q-bio.PE · Submitted 2026-08-25 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, q-bio.PE

Submitted: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-25

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Terminology

• International Space Station — 8× in this paper
• Permanently Shadowed Regions — 8× in this paper
• Goddard Space Flight Center — 3× in this paper
• Adaptation — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera — 2× in this paper
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Coronal Mass Ejection — 1× in this paper
• LRO Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter — 1× in this paper
• Relative Humidity — 1× in this paper
• Whole Heliosphere Interval — 1× in this paper
• alpha — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• Managing Activities at the Lunar Poles for Science

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