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Journal notices

Exploration of Icy Ocean Worlds

Open for submission: the possibility of hydrothermal processes occurring in icy ocean worlds, such as Europa, Titan, and Enceladus, makes them prime candidates for hosting either extant or extinct forms of life.

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences is now an EPS Recognised Journal

Now recognised by the European Physical Society together with Frontiers in Physics. This recognition is conferred on journals that meet the highest quality criteria, rigorously evaluated to ensure an unbiased, merit-based peer review process.

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Probing X-Shaped Radio Galaxies

Exploring jet evolution, ambient medium dynamics, and intricate interconnection of X-shaped radio galaxies, a distinctive subset of winged radio sources identified by two pairs of jetted lobes, resulting in an inversion-symmetric structure.

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Geomagnetic Storm May Have Caused Premature Reentry of Starlink Satellite

A qualitative analysis of possible effects of the October 2024 geomagnetic storm on accelerating the reentry of a Starlink satellite from very low-Earth orbit.

Equatorial Plasma Bubbles: Mechanisms, Variability, and Impacts on Communication Systems

Equatorial plasma bubbles can disrupt radio signal propagation and degrade the performance of modern communication and navigation systems. This Research topic seeks to close fundamental gaps in understanding the primary drivers of EPB occurrence.

Planetary Science

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Exploration of Icy Ocean Worlds

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences is now an EPS Recognised Journal

Probing X-Shaped Radio Galaxies

Geomagnetic Storm May Have Caused Premature Reentry of Starlink Satellite

Equatorial Plasma Bubbles: Mechanisms, Variability, and Impacts on Communication Systems

Editors

miriam rengel

robert c allen

carrie anderson

ludmila carone

Articles

A giant solution to the disk mass budget problem of planet formation

Correction: Numerical integration and analysis of mars orbital dynamics

Evaluation of lunar soil sampling disturbance based on penetration resistance method

Gaia DR3 supervised classification of asteroid reflectance spectra

Research Topics

Reimagining University Physics and Astronomy: Educational Methods for the Years Ahead

Active Small Bodies as Probes of Solar System Formation

Advances in PNT From Near-Earth Space to Deep-Space Environment

Sustainable Space Exploration: The Need for Cosmic Development Goals