April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
... require hundreds of megavolts and some engineers have questioned the credibility of such a system using current technology. Cosmic radiation could increase cancer risks during long duration missions. Damage to the human body extends to the brain...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... repeatedly emerge as the greatest threats to successful pregnancy which interact throughout every stage. The first is cosmic radiation. Protected on Earth by both the atmosphere and magnetic field, embryos developing in deep space would instead...
27 July 2020
Radiation-loving fungus could protect astronauts from cosmic rays
.... Thankfully for those faced with a constant bombardment of space radiation, this problem might have just been solved, at least partially... millimeters thick absorbed almost 2 percent of the cosmic radiation during its month stay in the off-world...
12 July 2016
Did two ancient supernovas cause cell mutation and climate change on Earth?
... the ocean. Muons make up much of the cosmic radiation reaching the earth's surface and usually they just ... to a cooling in Earths climate, as the increased abundance of cosmic rays ionised Earth’s troposphere – the lowest level of the atmosphere ...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... backgrounds to address several key national challenges, including those facing manned space missions beyond Earth. Could cosmic radiation’s check on the human dream to explore the solar system and beyond be overturned? Could a biological solution...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... events (SPE), which largely consist of low-energy protons and originate from the Sun; and galactic cosmic radiation (GCR), which is composed of high-energy protons plus heavier nuclei and originates from beyond the solar...
