Microgravity, ‘Exotic’ Space Radiation Could Be Cosmic Culprits Causing Kidney Stones: Study

Astronauts are two to seven times more likely to get kidney stones one year after space flight

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away. NASA via Getty Images

Though space travel marks the advancement of mankind, it’s still hard on the body, according to a study that looks at its wear-and-tear on the visceral organs, namely the kidneys.

Nature Communications, the peer-reviewed science journal, published the study titled “Cosmic kidney disease: an integrated panomic, physiological and morphological study into spaceflight-induced renal dysfunction.”