China in a first-of-its-kind experiment has sent “artificial human embryos” to space, aiming to learn more about how microgravity affects human reproduction and paving a way towards “space babies” development in future.

With this milestone, China has also become the first nation to even conduct such a historic experiment. If proven successful, the implications could be bigger as Beijing is also looking to establish self-sustaining colonies on the Moon and Mars.

According to state officials, these embryo-like structures are made from living human stem cells. They were sent into orbit as a part of the Tianzhou-10 resupply mission and arrived on the Tiangong space station in the early hours of May........

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