Scientists are teaching shrimp to eat in zero gravity, which could change how astronauts grow food in space
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July 22, 2026
Providing food for astronauts on long-duration missions remains one of the thorniest problems in space exploration because food cannot simply be grown as it is on Earth. A team of researchers at Japan’s Okayama University of Science has been…
Astronauts show off small glowing gardens inside the International Space Station, where scientists are learning how to grow food for future missions to the moon and Mars
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July 10, 2026
The pink light seen in a recent time-lapse video taken from the International Space Station is not a camera effect or a reflection from Earth. Instead, it comes from a small plant-growing facility inside the space station’s Columbus Laboratory,…