aerofish: Tiny tardigrades - also called water bears - are the first animals known to survive the pitiless rigors of space, including hard vacuum, cosmic rays, freezing cold and solar UV rays 1,000 times as strong as those experienced on Earth’s surface. … “They have claws and eyes. They are real animals. And this is the first time such an animal was tested in space,” said Petra Rettberg

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Tiny tardigrades - also called water bears - are the first animals known to survive the pitiless rigors of space, including hard vacuum, cosmic rays, freezing cold and solar UV rays 1,000 times as strong as those experienced on Earth’s surface. … “They have claws and eyes. They are real animals. And this is the first time such an animal was tested in space,” said Petra Rettberg