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EDITORIAL article
Front. Astron. Space Sci.
Sec. Space Physics
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspas.2025.1599964
This article is part of the Research Topic Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences: A Decade of Discovery and Advancement - 10th Anniversary Conference View all 9 articles
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences: A Decade of Discovery and Advancement -10th Anniversary Conference
Provisionally accepted
Julio Navarro 1*
Alberto Fairén 2
Didier Fraix-Burnet 3
Steve B Howell 4
Paola Marziani 5
CRISTINA PUZZARINI 6
Miriam Rengel 7- 1 University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- 2 Center for Astrobiology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- 3 UMR5274 Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
- 4 Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffet Field, California, United States
- 5 Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (INAF), Padua, Veneto, Italy
- 6 Giacomo Ciamician Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- 7 Department of Solar and Stellar Interiors, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences: A Decade of Discovery and Advancement -10thThe research topic you are reading highlights the breadth and cross disciplinary nature of Astronomy and Space Physics. The papers contained here feature research efforts spanning the wide range of topics covered by this Journal, from our Solar System to Relativity theory, and even to ourselves as scientists.Close to home, new research on space weathering and its relation to rubble pile asteroids, geomagnetic storms, and Saturn's magnetosphere is brought into view. Looking outward, the role of dust throughout the universe is examined and related to the current results contributed by the James Webb Space Telescope.Active galaxies are discussed in two contexts; one regarding the modeling of reflections produced by spinning supermassive black holes, the other about how the quasar main sequence is revealed. Relativity is also scrutinized, as the constancy of the speed of light is examined over cosmic time. Finally, we come back home and take a look at issues of equity in our science practices.
Keywords: Astrobiology, astrochemistry, Astronomical instrumentation, astrostatistics, cosmology, Exoplanets, extragalactic astronomy, Planetary science
Received: 25 Mar 2025; Accepted: 31 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Navarro, Fairén, Fraix-Burnet, Howell, Marziani, PUZZARINI and Rengel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Julio Navarro, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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