Fruit flies are useful for space science

Recently British scientists have added fruit flies to the list of creatures that make a great contribution to science. They can help astronauts solve many of the mysteries in the journey to explore the universe.

The Royal Society Interface magazine reported that the researchers experimented on fruit flies - a buzzy little insect around fruits and vegetables to simulate gravity in space. Before 1997, a research team also conducted similar experiments on frogs, grasshoppers and fish.

Richard Hill, research author at the University of Nottingham, UK, says aerospace is made up of large superconducting magnets. Using fruit flies and superconducting magnets is a relatively cheap and safe method of experimentation because the experiment is conducted from the ground and is not affected by gravity like when flying into space.

He added that flies are affected by magnetic antennas created by magnets. They hovered in the air and were not under any control.

"If you have a magnet big enough, it can lift a human. Aerial floating happens because millions of billions of electrons move around the nucleus. They change their trajectory when they meet. The magnet is super strong, as in the experiment , " explains Peter Main, a physics professor.

Hill and his team watched the flies for a period of time. They were surprised to see them move in the same experimental environment when moving outside.

They think they do that, maybe because they are able to move easily in a weightless environment or they react mistakenly up and down in this environment.

Scientists say the study could be used to see whether humans and other organisms can grow, reproduce and live normally in space or on other planets.