Sustainability in space travel can aid efforts here on Earth
by Angelo Vermeulen/Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: E|A|S (Evolving Asteroid Starships)/Joris Putteneers Dr Angelo Vermeulen is a space systems researcher [...]
Space and beyond
Why understanding human evolution on Earth will be absolutely essential for any future deep-space colonies to survive and thrive
By Lee G Irons, Norfolk Institute, and Morgan A Irons, Cornell University Photo of Lee and Morgan, Credit: Lee Irons and Morgan Irons Is human migration into space [...]
5 articles you need to check out on the future of materials research
By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com In a fast-moving field of research like materials science, it can be difficult to keep up with [...]
New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space
By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Researchers have designed a state-of-the-art walking robot that could revolutionize large construction [...]
‘Science is a measure of our ignorance: the more we know, the more we realize how little we know’
By Dr Gianluca Calcagni, IEM-CSIC Image: Shutterstock.com Writing as part of our Frontier Scientists series, Dr Gianluca Calcagni of IEM-CSIC in Madrid gives us an insight [...]
Brains of cosmonauts get ‘rewired’ to adapt to long-term space missions, study finds
Brains of cosmonauts get ‘rewired’ to adapt to long-term space missions, finds study in Frontiers in Neural Circuits [...]
Off-world colony simulation reveals changes in human communication over time with Earth
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Image: SciePro/Shutterstock.com Future planetary colonists will experience isolation like no other group in human history, which is [...]
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 [...]
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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Space lettuce
Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist remote space missions: Frontiers in Plant Science [...]
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 [...]
High-energy charged particles: the beginning and end of cancer
The Research Topic, published in Frontiers in Oncology, consists of a collection of scientific articles investigating high-energy charged particles either for cancer treatment or for space radiation protection. [...]
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. [...]
News from #AGU15: NASA’s LADEE mission
Our colleague Laura Smart, Journal Coordinator in our Physical Sciences and Engineering program, represented Frontiers at the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting [...]