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‘I got front row seats to the astronomy event of my lifetime, and it didn’t disappoint’

August 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science communications manager/Dr Susan Mullally, STScI Image: Dr Susan Mullally, STScI The successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope [...]

Method used to track ants underground could revolutionize how we measure snow depth from space

May 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Simona Pesce, Frontiers writer Photo of snow taken by crew of the International Space Station. Image: NASA With the help of some ants, NASA scientists have developed an [...]

3 bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on Mars

March 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

NASA space data can cut disaster response times, costs

December 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Using near-real-time satellite data could improve emergency management: Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]

Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight – NASA investigates

March 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy; Frontiers in Microbiology [...]

News from #AGU15: NASA’s LADEE mission

January 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Our colleague Laura Smart, Journal Coordinator in our Physical Sciences and Engineering program, represented Frontiers at the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting [...]