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Not Kidding! A Sugar Mountain has been discovered deep within the ocean.

Scientists have found that seagrass meadows on the ocean floor can keep humongous amounts of sugar beneath their swaying fronds. The sugar is in the shape of sucrose (the primary ingredient in sugar used in cooking), and it is released from the seagrasses into soil beneath, recognised as the rhizosphere.

Is this true?

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth.

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Cosmic radiation remains a significant danger to spacefarers.

A new experiment that is set to accompany the Artemis 1 mission will analyze how brewer’s yeast fares against cosmic radiation.