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Scientists Find One Lifeform That Could Survive Extreme Extraterrestrial Environments

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Researchers have identified a hardy lifeform that could survive the harsh conditions on Mars .

The team tested two species of lichen in simulated Mars conditions for five hours .

Lichen is a hybrid colony of fungus and algae and/or cyanobacteria .

While encouraging, it's not time to start blasting lichen up to the Red Planet .

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