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Scientists tracked 12 people in Antarctica for 10 months—what happened could shape future Mars missions


A ten-month Antarctic experiment found that astronauts may struggle not only with loneliness but also with spending too much time around the same people. Frequent contact was linked to greater tension and mistrust, while the crew increasingly divided into cultural and language-based groups.

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