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Astronauts going to Mars could face brain damage, study warns


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http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/16d5ed8a7ceb6acf8ef5cec143ac0589.jpgGoing to Mars could be bad for astronauts’ brains, a new study using rodents has found. While the Earth’s magnetosphere mostly protects people on this planet from cosmic radiation, any trailblazers on a long-distance trek to Mars would have to contend with the harmful radiation of space. To study this, researchers exposed rodents to charged particles and then analyzed the results. They found that, among other issues, the rodents had brain damage, neural inflammation, and impaired memory.

 

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