Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Editorial

Published on 06 Jun 2025

Editorial: Exploring frontiers: astroparticle, space science and public health for future crewed space missions

in Astrobiology

Alessandro Bartoloni
Gianluca Cavoto
Cristina Consolandi
Nan Ding
Christopher D. Porada
Feng Ru Tang
Lidia Strigari

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1634483

850 views

Review

Published on 21 May 2025

Multiscale astrobiology with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time

in Astrobiology

Andjelka B. Kovačević
Nigel J. Mason
Aleksandra Ćiprijanović

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1594485

1,597 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 01 May 2025

Protection of liposomes by ferric salts against the UV damage and its implications for the origin of life

in Astrobiology

Ben Turner
Kevin Wu
Gennady Fiksel
Vladimir Subbotin

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1566396

1,508 views

Review

Published on 19 Mar 2025

An exploration of origin of life for exoplanetary science

in Astrobiology

Finnegan Keller
Tiffany Kataria
Laura M. Barge
Pin Chen
Yuk Yung
Jessica M. Weber

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1544426

1,970 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Feb 2025

The search for ancient life on Mars using morphological and mass spectrometric analysis: an analog study in detecting microfossils in Messinian gypsum

in Astrobiology

Youcef Sellam
Salome Gruchola
Marek Tulej
Peter Keresztes Schmidt
Andreas Riedo
Sofiane Meddane
Peter Wurz

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1503042

4,711 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Feb 2025

Application of chemotactic behavior for life detection

in Astrobiology

Max Riekeles
Vincent Bruder
Nicholas Adams
Berke Santos
Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1490090

3,634 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Oct 2024

Grapevines grown from canes having spent 10 months in space: study of their downy mildew susceptibility

in Astrobiology

David Taillis
Aleksandra Burdziej
Charlyne Bautista
Ferdinand W. M. Haag
Michael Lebert
Stéphanie Cluzet

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1415376

1,643 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2024

Phosphorus availability from olivine for biospheres

in Astrobiology

Josh Abbatiello
John E. Henson
Matthew Pasek

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1441187

1,215 views

Perspective

Published on 23 Aug 2024

Discriminating between extinct and extant life detection: implications for future Mars missions

in Astrobiology

Katherine A. Dzurilla
Bronwyn L. Teece

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1452362

1,892 views

Review

Published on 14 Aug 2024

Icy ocean worlds - astrobiology research in Germany

in Astrobiology

Fabian Klenner
Mickael Baqué
Kristina Beblo-Vranesevic
Janine Bönigk
Marc S. Boxberg
Bernd Dachwald
Ilya Digel
Andreas Elsaesser
Clemens Espe
Oliver Funke

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1422898

5,796 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 May 2024

Taphonomy of biosignatures in carbonate nodules from the Mars-analog Qaidam Basin: constraints from microscopic, spectroscopic, and geochemical analyses

in Astrobiology

Yan Chen
Zongjun Yin
Wei Lin

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1291847

1,526 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 10 Apr 2024

Source of phosphine on Venus—An unsolved problem

in Astrobiology

William Bains
Sara Seager
David L. Clements
Jane S. Greaves
Paul B. Rimmer
Janusz J. Petkowski

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1372057

5,494 views
3 citations

Editorial

Published on 08 Mar 2024

Editorial: Presentations at the 2022 MELiSSA conference—current and future ways to closed life support systems

in Astrobiology

Luigi Gennaro Izzo
Jean-Pierre Paul de Vera
Cyprien Verseux

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1394073

3,898 views

Opinion

Published on 07 Mar 2024

The use of RNA-seq for the study of physiological adaptations of halophiles in extreme environments for astrobiological data interpretation

in Astrobiology

Chhandak Basu
Scott M. Perl

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1342694

5,236 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 13 Dec 2023

Implementation of an automated process for Limnospira indica harvesting and culture medium recycling for space applications

in Astrobiology

Jordan Tallec
Marie Vandermies
Céline Coene
Brigitte Lamaze-Lefebvre
Dries Demey
Matthieu Frappart
Estelle Couallier

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1229043

3,303 views
1 citation

Editorial

Published on 06 Nov 2023

Editorial: Terrestrial field analogues for planetary exploration

in Astrobiology

Fulvio Franchi
Barbara Cavalazzi
Gareth Davies
Fernando Gomez

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2023.1323951

1,700 views
1 citation