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MLA Full: "Using Microbes to Mine the Moon." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 25 August 2025, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z57KVe7Hb5M.
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Rocky bodies like moons, asteroids, and comets are chock full of resources, from water, to helium-3, to rare earth elements. But how can we access them? Some scientists have proposed using microbes to aid in the mining of certain metals.

















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