Be warned- space travel may leave you looking like the stereotypical Hollywood alien, "short, fat and bald". That's what scientists say astronauts will look like making long space voyages.
Astrobiologist Dr Lewis Dartnell believes that near zero gravity would leave humans stunted and cause their bones and muscles to be underdeveloped.
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Dartnell, from University College London, said: "With little effort required to move around in microgravity and an environment that is never too hot or cold, future spacemen and women are likely to become pretty chubby."
"Without gravity, fluid would float up to pool in the skull, which would cause the head to look permanently swollen out of proportion.
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While speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Dartnell also addressed the question of what aliens might look like.
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"However other features of life, such as the number of limbs animals develop, or the shape and colour of trees, would be much more variable between worlds."
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