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- Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03334-8 70 comments
- For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. NASA said the timing for such an experiment was finally right, with the space agency looking to put astronauts back on the moon in a few years. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03334-8 4 comments science
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- Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the 1st time ever | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/world/plants-lunar-soil-scn/index.html 611 comments
- Scientists Prove That Plants Can Grow in Soil From the Moon | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-prove-that-plants-can-grow-in-soil-from-moon-180980081/ 30 comments
- Researchers Grew Tiny Plants in Moon Dirt Collected Decades Ago | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-grew-tiny-plants-in-moon-dirt-collected-decades-ago/ 10 comments
- Last month in science. Sources for the Science Summary for May… | by Prototyperspective | Medium https://medium.com/@prototyperspective/last-month-in-science-science-summary-7feba1cfc055 3 comments
- Issue No. 169 | The Orbital Index https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2022-05-18-Issue-169/ 0 comments
- In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soil | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/one-giant-leap-earth-plants-seeds-are-grown-moon-soil-2022-05-12/ 0 comments
- Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth | Popular Science https://www.popsci.com/science/food-mars-earth/ 0 comments