Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the ISS, and his telomeres—the protective caps on chromosomes that generally shorten with age—unexpectedly grew longer in orbit. Most shortened again within two days of landing, ultimately leaving him with many more criti

The Scott Kelly telomere result is one of those spaceflight findings that sounds almost too neat at first. An astronaut spends nearly a year in orbit. A biological marker often associated with ageing…

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