Space Daily May 20, 2026 • 04:36

Scott Kelly spent a year in orbit while his identical twin brother stayed on Earth, and when he came home NASA discovered his gene expression had changed in ways that didn't fully reverse - Space Daily

Scott Kelly spent a year in orbit while his identical twin brother stayed on Earth, and when he came home NASA discovered his gene expression had changed in ways that didn't fully reverse - Space Daily

When Scott Kelly returned from 340 days aboard the International Space Station, NASA's twin study revealed that roughly seven percent of his gene expression had shifted in ways that never fully returned to baseline.

The conventional story about Scott Kelly’s year in space is that he came back taller, weaker, and a few milliseconds younger than his identical twin Mark. That is the version that fits in a headline.… [+10081 chars]

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