A giant space pumpkin is on display in Hangzhou, July 28, 2019. The giant pumpkin weighs 100 kilograms. Scientists had sent pumpkin seeds to space on a spacecraft. Their genes were reportedly changed under zero gravity and the radiation from cosmic rays and charged particles in space. Once brought back to earth, the seeds became more disease resistant and more fertile. They grew faster than common seeds and the pumpkins grew from them were much larger than those grown from normal seeds. [Photo: IC]"

People look at a giant space pumpkin on display in Hangzhou, July 28, 2019. The giant pumpkin weighs 100 kilograms. Scientists had sent pumpkin seeds to space on a spacecraft. Their genes were reportedly changed under zero gravity and the radiation from cosmic rays and charged particles in space. Once brought back to earth, the seeds became more disease resistant and more fertile. They grew faster than common seeds and the pumpkins grew from them were much larger than those grown from normal seeds. [Photo: IC]"

People look at a giant space pumpkin on display in Hangzhou, July 28, 2019. The giant pumpkin weighs 100 kilograms. Scientists had sent pumpkin seeds to space on a spacecraft. Their genes were reportedly changed under zero gravity and the radiation from cosmic rays and charged particles in space. Once brought back to earth, the seeds became more disease resistant and more fertile. They grew faster than common seeds and the pumpkins grew from them were much larger than those grown from normal seeds. [Photo: IC]"

People look at a giant space pumpkin on display in Hangzhou, July 28, 2019. The giant pumpkin weighs 100 kilograms. Scientists had sent pumpkin seeds to space on a spacecraft. Their genes were reportedly changed under zero gravity and the radiation from cosmic rays and charged particles in space. Once brought back to earth, the seeds became more disease resistant and more fertile. They grew faster than common seeds and the pumpkins grew from them were much larger than those grown from normal seeds. [Photo: IC]"