Cosmic rays may damage the brains of Astronauts
- May 5, 2015
Cosmic rays may damage the brains of Astronauts : Researchers said long-term exposure to these cosmic rays that permeate space may cause dementia-like cognitive impairments in astronauts during any future round-trip Mars journey, expected to take at least 2-1/2 years. Cosmic rays are energetic, subatomic particles that arrive from outside the Earth’s atmosphere. The lowest