Shock experiments in support of the Lithopanspermia theory: The influence of host rock composition, temperature, and shock pressure on the survival rate of endolithic and epilithic microorganisms

Survival Potential and Photosynthetic Activity of Lichens Under Mars-Like Conditions: A Laboratory Study

(2010) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

(2010) Rosa de la Torre et al.   ICARUS

Helium loss from Martian meteorites mainly induced by shock metamorphism: Evidence from new data and a literature compilation

(2010) S. P. SCHWENZER et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

High-pressure phases in an ultramafic rock from Mars

(2009) Jörg Fritz et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Modeling the formation of the K–Pg boundary layer

(2009) Natalia Artemieva et al.   ICARUS

Role of DNA Protection and Repair in Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to Ultrahigh Shock Pressures Simulating Hypervelocity Impacts

(2008) R. Moeller et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Mars-Like Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested

(2008) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

NATURAL TRANSFER OF VIABLE MICROBES IN SPACE FROM PLANETS IN EXTRA-SOLAR SYSTEMS TO A PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND VICE VERSA

(2008) Mauri Valtonen et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit

(2008) K. Ingemar Jönsson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Numerical modelling of impact melt production in porous rocks

(2008) K. Wünnemann et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Life at the Limits: Capacities of Isolated and Cultured Lichen Symbionts to Resist Extreme Environmental Stresses

(2008) J.-P. de Vera et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES