Turns out, being too clean can be a bad thing. Scientists suggest the International Space Station (ISS) is so sterile that it ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, photo of the ...

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

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

The International Space Station may be too clean for astronauts' own good, allowing hostile microbiota to flourish.

Hundreds of surface swabs reveal the station lacks microbial diversity, an imbalance that has been linked to health issues in other settings.

Researchers found that the International Space Station's overly sterile environment may harm astronaut immunity by limiting ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is too clean and should be made dirtier to keep astronauts healthy, scientists have ...

An animation video shows the SpaceX Starship used as a booster for the International Space Station, taking it to a higher ...

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

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 ...