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A 2016 study reached a shocking conclusion for those who dream of space travel: going to the moon might cost you your heart.

Researchers wrote in Scientific Reports that 43 per cent of the Apollo astronauts who travelled beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field, exposing themselves to the harsh radiation of deep space, had died of cardiovascular disease.

For astronauts…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU