Growing crops on Mars? Geologists explore ways to feed a Martian colony without hauling soil into space

Growing crops on Mars? Geologists explore ways to feed a Martian colony without hauling soil into space

Practically speaking, astronauts cannot haul an endless supply of topsoil through space. So University of Georgia geologists are figuring out ...
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Can the human body survive a trip to Mars unharmed? New study casts doubt on safety of long-term space travel

Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the ...
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Proxima Centauri b: Why Earth’s cosmic neighbor could be suitable for life

Adam Mann | 
Ever since the discovery of the exoplanet—known as Proxima Centauri b—in 2016, people have wondered whether it could be capable of ...
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GMO seeds could be critical for extended space travel, colonization

Gina Riggio | 
If we hope to colonize space, scientists must figure out how to feed astronauts on journeys that could last years ...
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