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NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation

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By Claire Cameron Verified, Sam Macdonald Verified
| Scientific American Verified
The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission More than 50 years after humanity's last trip to the Moon, NASA is preparing for its triumphant return as soon as 2028—and laying the groundwork for the first crewed mission to Mars.
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NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation

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By Sam Macdonald Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Follow NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation More than 50 years after humanity's last trip to the Moon, NASA is preparing for its triumphant return as soon as 2028—and laying the groundwork for the first crewed mission to Mars.
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This planet survived the death of its star—and kept its atmosphere

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By Sam Macdonald Verified, Claire Cameron Verified
| Scientific American Verified
Astronomers have for the first time observed an atmosphere around a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf The universe has a flair for the unlikely. In 2020, astronomers found something baffling: A gas giant planet called WD 1856b , orbiting the burned-out core of a dead, sun-like star. And in a new study published today in Nature , researchers report an even wilder discovery: Not only is WD 1856b orbiting the glowing corpse of its star, but it also has an atmosphere—and it's still warm.
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