The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life

They're not "waiting to return to the surface," they're waiting for the planet to be blasted into pebbles to that they can reach another star-system #panspermia #intraterrestrials #aeonophiles

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There’s Life Inside Earth’s Crust | NOEMA Revelations about microbes living deep inside Earth’s crust are challenging scientists’ conceptions of life and how it evolves.

There are strange organisms flourishing in the darkest depths of Earth’s crust, @karenlloyd.bsky.social reports. Their existence is challenging the very foundations of life & evolution as we know it.

#microbes #intraterrestrials #microbiology