Some of the health effects astronauts suffer on the International Space Station (ISS) may not be a consequence of weightlessness, as previously thought, but of the ISS being too clean, a new study ...

Humans have evolved alongside microbes in Earth's environment that help strengthen our immune systems. But sterile living ...

“Future built environments, including space stations, could benefit from intentionally fostering diverse microbial ...

The results, detailed in a statement, showed that human skin was the primary source of microbes in the ISS and that chemicals ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A ...

The International Space Station may be too sterile – and the astronauts on board could benefit from it being a little dirtier, according to a new study. When astronauts spend time on the ISS, they ...

The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.

The International Space Station (ISS) is an ultra-sterilized environment, but this excessive hygiene could have detrimental ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study publishing February 27 in the Cell Press journal Cell suggests that ...

Researchers found that the International Space Station (ISS) has a much lower diversity of microbes than human-built Earth ...