Can microbes travel through space on meteorites? It’s an idea called “lithopanspermia,” and to work out if it’s even feasible, some researchers decided to shoot microbes — with a gun.
Guests: <a href="https://engineering.jhu.edu/faculty/kaliat-kt-ramesh/">K.T. Ramesh</a>, professor of science and engineering at Johns Hopkins University; <a href="https://hemi.jhu.edu/rameshlab/node/18">Lily Zhao</a>, mechanical engineer at Johns Hopkins University

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