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Category: Space

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Astronauts suffer permanent brain changes after long flights

Posted on November 26, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Space flight is known to cause blurry vision in astronauts. Swelling of the brain tissue may be the reason, according to a study using MRIs.

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    A different kind of child star

    Posted on October 29, 2020October 7, 2023 by Sciworthy

    Maybe you didn't have a stellar childhood, but stars definitely did. (Get it?) Learn about a major research project that investigated one…

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      Dried plums may protect astronaut’s bones from radiation damage

      Posted on October 16, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Dried plums outperformed some medications in a bone health study (in mice) at NASA Ames.

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        NASA is sending yeast into deep space

        Posted on October 9, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

        NASA will generate invaluable data on yeast’s response to deep space radiation by launching the BioSentinel satellite in 2021. Here’s…

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          Growing plants on the surface of the Moon and Mars

          Posted on October 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          The reality of being able to live and settle on Martian or lunar bases can seem like it is getting close. To do this, we need to be able to…

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            How stars can limit life in the universe

            Posted on October 1, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

            For the past few decades, scientists have been looking at planets outside of our solar system to see if they could host life. Now,…

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              If there was oxygen on a far away planet, how would we know?

              Posted on September 15, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Scientists use computer models to simulate what oxygen would look like on far away planets and found a chemical signature that helps us tell…

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                Do humans need to be altruistic to make it to Mars?

                Posted on September 13, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                Altruism, in principle, is selfless action for the well-being of others. Altruism may help us achieve our space exploration goals. Space…

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                  Early Martian life may have used sulfur as an energy source

                  Posted on September 7, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Using an environment on Earth that simulates early Mars conditions, researchers found an abundance of bacteria that get their energy from…

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                    How does life handle the harshness of space?

                    Posted on June 3, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    Experiments on the International Space Station found that lichens, a combination of algae and fungi, survived in space-like, flight, and…

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