Can any organism give birth to children in space?
There is no gravity in space. Apart from this, there is no life-supporting environment like Earth. Now the question arises that can people or organisms who live in spacecraft get pregnant? If yes, then will the child to be born be the same as the child born on Earth? Let us know about it in detail in this news today.
Reproduction in space
Actually, the process of reproduction in space can be different from the reproduction process on Earth. There can be many reasons behind this. But the main reason is the different environment of space and microgravity i.e. low gravity. Understand it like this that during pregnancy on Earth, gravity helps, such as proper development of the fetus and proper division of its body tissues. All this also depends on gravity. But when a creature gets pregnant in space, due to the negligible gravity there, its fetus is not able to develop properly.
You can get pregnant
According to some research, the union of sperm and egg i.e. fertilization can happen normally in space. Because this process depends on chemical and biological reactions. It is not much affected by gravity. But, when it comes to the development of the fetus, then pregnancy in space is different from pregnancy on earth.
nasa research
Let us tell you, in 2009, the American space agency nasa conducted a study in which it was found that the development of rat embryo in space was different from the development on Earth. Especially the bones and muscles of the embryo were not formed properly. It was clear from this research that if a pregnant creature wants to develop its embryo by staying in space, then due to the absence of gravity, it can prove fatal for the development of the embryo. Apart from this, japan has also done research on this. In the 1990s, the japan Space Agency (JAXA) also conducted a space experiment that studied microbes (C. elegans) and reproductive cells. This experiment also found that the growth of some cells in microgravity was not normal compared to Earth.