U.S. As humans prepare to return to the moon in this decade, the biggest risk to astronauts in the future is space radiation that can cause lasting health effects ranging from cataracts to cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Although Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s proved that it was safe …
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Scientists are trying to reduce the potential sources of gamma radiation coming from the center of the galaxy. The latest research eliminates the possibility that radiation is coming from the destruction of dark matter. Going forward, additional research will be needed to further narrow down potential sources. In space, size …
Read More »The number 4 reactor in ruins at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1987, some 14 months after the disaster. Image: Mark J. Porubcansky (AP) An experiment done aboard the International Space Station demonstrates the potential of a resistant fungus to protect astronauts from cosmic radiation. This mushroom has already …
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It has been orbiting and observing Jupiter and its moons for four years, but the scientific spacecraft Juno still has some surprises to share. For the first time, he has photographed the north pole of one of the strangest objects in the Solar System, Jupiter Ganymede’s moon. There, the constant …
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Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change. There is debate about the origin of the algae, but Biagio Di Mauro, from the National Research Council of Italy, said the pink snow seen …
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