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#plants

NASA Growing Chili Pepper in Space: Pepper Plant on the International Space Station Bore FruitHouston, we have managed to grow some plants in space!Four chili pepper plants growing in the International Space Station have produced several peppers. This development is the result of efforts by the team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that controlled the fans on the station’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) in order to create a gentle breeze and encourage the pollination of the plants’ flowers.Two harvests will be made this year, in October and November. Astronauts will sanitize the peppers, eat some of them, and return the rest to Earth for analysis.Image credit: NASA#Peppers #Plants #PlantingInSpace #Space #InternationalSpaceStation #NASA #ChilePepperPlants 

‘Mermaid’ Plant Species Discovered in IndiaBiologists have discovered a new plant species in Andamans, India.Initially found in 2019, it took Indian scientists almost two years to confirm that their discovery was novel. To be exact, experts spent 18 months comparing the new plant’s DNA with existing flora.Scientists from the Central University of Punjab named the new species Acetabularia jalakanyakae. The plant has caps with intricate designs, and according to Dr Felix Bast, it was “as if it were umbrellas of a mermaid." This particular feature led the scientists to name the plant after mermaids, with Jalakanyaka in Sanskrit translating to ‘mermaid’ and ‘a goddess of oceans’.Image credit: Felix Blast #NewDiscoveries #Plants #India #Science #AcetabulariaJalanyakae #MermaidPlant #NewSpecies #mermaid