Space exploration

Space travel doesn’t affect the strength of heart muscle cells, study finds

UChicago-led research on cells from mice that had been on the International Space Station for more than a month suggests astronaut hearts can withstand longer trips

Edward ''Rocky'' Kolb

Title: Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Expertise: Cosmology, Big Bang, Dark energy, Dark matter, Space exploration

Departmental website: https://astrophysics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/edward-rocky-w.-kolb/