Space-Born Jellyfish Hint at Gravity Challenges for Future Humans

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Source: BBC Wildlife Magazine
Space-Born Jellyfish Hint at Gravity Challenges for Future Humans
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NASA tested gravity sensing in space by sending thousands of jellyfish polyps to orbit in the 1990s. After about nine days, tens of thousands of jellyfish developed, but once returned to Earth the space-born jellyfish struggled to swim and exhibited vertigo, suggesting that humans born in space might also face difficulties re-adapting to Earth's gravity.

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