Researchers identify five double star systems potentially suitable for life
Habitable Zones, potentially suitable for life, can exist in systems with twin stars and giant planets: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences [...]
Space Sciences & Astronomy
Astronauts in crewed Mars missions could misread vital emotional cues
By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Frontiers science writer Long-exposure photo of the centrifuge used to simulate microgravity in the research subjects. Image: DLR Spending an [...]
3 bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on Mars
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Interior view from the International Space Station cupola. Image: NASA Swab samples of 8 surfaces aboard the International Space [...]
Life from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars
Researchers send microbes to Earth’s stratosphere to test if these could survive on Mars: Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
Biotech fit for the Red Planet
Cyanobacteria can grow under a N2-CO2-rich low-pressure atmosphere with only water and nutrients from Mars dust: Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
Finding magnetic eruptions in space, with an AI assistant
A study by NASA presents the first machine learning algorithm to help scientists detect magnetic eruptions: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Gut microbes could allow space travelers to stay healthy on long voyages
New review highlights the potential of microbiotics to keep astronauts healthy: Frontiers in Physiology
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Bacteria could survive the travel from Earth to Mars, and vice versa, when forming aggregates
Deinococcus bacteria can survive in outer space for years: Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
Are we alone? The search for new planets continues
Exoplanets, a new specialty section in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, is now open for submissions. [...]
Red wine’s resveratrol could help Mars explorers stay strong
Nutraceuticals that preserve muscle in reduced gravity will support long-term space missions; Frontiers in Physiology [...]
Sedimentary, my dear Johnson: is NASA looking at the wrong type of rock for clues to Martian life?
Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have begun compiling an atlas of fossils in volcanic rock, to guide where and what to look for in the search for Martian life; Frontiers in Earth Science [...]
Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station – but there’s a silver lining
An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions can foster antibiotic-resistant superbugs; Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight – NASA investigates
The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy; Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
Clues to Martian life found in Chilean desert
A trial NASA rover mission in the Mars-like Atacama desert has successfully recovered subterranean organisms -- strange, scattered, salt-resistant bacteria that could lead the search for Martian life deeper underground; Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
A Universe in a box
Researchers reveal the story of the oldest stars and galaxies, compiled from 20 years of simulations; Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences [...]
Earth mini-moons: Potential for exciting scientific and commercial opportunities
Detection of small asteroids temporarily captured in Earth's orbit will increase our knowledge of asteroids and allow testing of space-faring technology: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science [...]
Black hole jets are clearer now
Researchers have developed a model that explores supermassive black holes that lie at the centers of galaxies: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences [...]
Unravelling the mysteries of the farthest objects of the Solar System
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences launched a new Research Topic which aims to investigates the origins and the main features of trans-Neptunian objects, small celestial objects that orbit the Sun at a greater distance than Neptune. [...]
Future space missions and the Earth-Moon system
How the complex dynamics of the Earth-Moon system and its applied and fundamental physics may play a crucial role in the future of space exploration – by Claudio Bogazzi, [...]
