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20 Years of #STEREO: the twin spacecraft of the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission were launched on October 26, 2006! Look back at the 2008 #SpaceSciRev special issue: link.springer.com/journal/1121... and book reprint — Free access to the introduction: rdcu.be/AwSDTVBnCDZa

🔭🏅 Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess paper by Dr. Rebecca L. Davies “Galactic Outflows and Star-Formation Quenching: A JWST Perspective” 🎉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050... #astronomy #astrophysics

Asa F. L. Bluck. A review of galaxy quenching — Parts I & II #AstronAstrophysRev 34, 4 & 7 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s001... doi.org/10.1007/s001... An overview of galactic star formation and quenching. We attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: why do galaxies cease forming stars? 🔭

Read more about the scientific progress and the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission's instruments and rover in an article collection of the journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science: link.springer.com/collections/... #OpenAccess #ProgEarthPlanetSci

Bartlett, J.L., Kundu, S., Accomazzi, A. et al. Transitioning from ADS to SciX to serve twenty-first century astronomy. Nature Astronomy (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415... Free access: rdcu.be/F9X9VAHV8Lta

For more details, read this interesting overview article by Patrick Michel et al.: The #Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future. #SpaceSciRev 221, 70 (2025) doi.org/10.1007/s112... Free access: rdcu.be/WyBmVBndks2a

The #SolarPhysics collection "Coronal Cooling: Rain, Prominences, and Eruptions" has been completed! All non- #OpenAccess articles are free to read from 9 Oct to 1 Dec 2026: link.springer.com/journal/1120... Read the Editorial by S. Şahin, M.K. Druett, V. Liakh et al.: doi.org/10.1007/s112... ☀️

🔭Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess review paper by Dr. Kosuke Namekata on young solar-type stellar #CME signatures and impacts: link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2026AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050... #astrophysics #astronomy #space

A surprising isotopic fingerprint in β-alanine from asteroid Bennu and the Murchison meteorite go.nature.com/4inhMfw — Mcintosh, O.M., Baczynski, A.A., Rasmussen, C. et al. Commun Earth Environ (2026) doi.org/10.1038/s432... #OpenAccess #BehindThePaper | @commsearth.nature.com

Gurtina Besla & Nitya Kallivayalil. The orbital dynamics of the LMC and SMC about the Milky Way. #AstronAstrophysRev 34, 6 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s001... #OpenAccess #ReviewArticle 🔭

Dimitri Veras appointed new Editor-in-Chief of the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. He succeeds Alessandra Celletti, who has served in this position since 2016. link.springer.com/journal/1056... #CelestMechDynAstron

Mathew J. Owens & Luke A. Barnard. Space-Weather Utilities for Research and Forecasting (SURF): A Tool for Investigating Hydrodynamic Aspects of Solar Wind and Coronal Mass Ejection Expansion and Evolution. #SolarPhysics 301, 147 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #OpenAccess

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Congratulations to all authors of contributions selected for an award at CELMEC IX! Read all accepted submissions in two article collections of the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (#CelestMechDynAstron): link.springer.com/collections/... & link.springer.com/collections/...

Let's get some lunar gravity by spinning the capsule! go.nature.com/46iPWdd — Karl H. Hasenstein, John Z. Kiss, Christopher P. McKay . Assessing Water Dynamics at Lunar Gravity. #MicrogravitySciTechnol 38, 63 (2026) doi.org/10.1007/s122... #OpenAccess #BehindThePaper @floridatech.bsky.social

Paul K. Byrne, Claire Marie Guimond, Peter A. Cawood, et al. What the Solar System Can Teach Us About Rocky Exoplanets. #SpaceSciRev 222, 72 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #OpenAccess

Anish M. Amarsi, Nicolas Grevesse. Solar chemical composition. #AstronAstrophysRev 34, 5 (2026) doi.org/10.1007/s001... #OpenAccess We review the recent literature, present the state-of-the-art in spectroscopic determinations, and present-day and protosolar abundances of the 83 long-lived elements.

Zacny, K., Fitzgerald, Z., Vendiola, V. et al. Results of Lunar PlanetVac™, a pneumatic regolith sampling system deployed to the moon on Blue Ghost Mission 1. #SpacePlanetResour 2, 11 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s444... #OpenAccess

Aline Novais, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Alexandra Stockwell Murphy, et al. Potential sublimating exocomets around the young star PDS 70. #NatCommun 17, 8894 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414... #OpenAccess @alinenovais.com @natcomms.nature.com

"Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Space-Time Singularities (Lemaître Conference 2024)" — Complete collection of 19 articles published in #GenRelativGravit: link.springer.com/journal/1071... All articles are free-to-read from 15 Sept to 15 Nov 2026! #cosmology @vofoundation.bsky.social

Luis A. Zapata (IRyA UNAM): Explosive molecular outflows. #AstronAstrophysRev 34, 3 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s001... #OpenAccess About 15 years ago, a new type of extreme molecular outflows associated with very luminous and massive young clusters was confirmed, the Explosive Molecular Outflows...

The Ninth International Meeting on Celestial Mechanics (CELMEC IX): 14–18 Sep 2026, San Martino al Cimino, Viterbo, Italy ugolocatelli.github.io/celmec9.gith... Peer-reviewed papers from the meeting published in the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy are eligible for an award.

🔭 Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess paper by Dr. Michael Radica on #exoplanetary science with the JWST: link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050...

It's been great to see so many familiar names in person at #EPSC2026, incl. authors & editors of Space Science Reviews — here is Haje Korth checking out the book version of the Europa Clipper Mission article collection! link.springer.com/collections/... 🔭 @europlanetmedia.bsky.social

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This week's Europlanet #EPSC2026 is proudly sponsored by Springer – Please, visit our desk, check out our latest books & journals in planetary science, and talk to our editors! www.epsc2026.eu @springer.springernature.com @europlanetmedia.bsky.social

🔭 Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess paper by Dr. Francesca Matteucci on the chemical evolution of galaxies: link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050...

The #eBookSpotlightSale is here! Order selected @springernature.com #eBooks for £/$/€13.99. Hurry, the sale is valid until September 25. bit.ly/4gL6YGZ 💙📚 #AcademicSky #EduSky

Heard the news? The new VLT instrument MOONS, built by a consortium led by the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, has made its first observations 🙌 Get the gist with this video by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlAdjG7exug 🔭 🧪 #instrumentation 1/2

🔭 Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess paper by Dr. Boon-Kok Tan on astronomical sub-mm and THz receivers: link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050...

11th Nonlinear Wave, Chaos and Artificial Intelligence (NWCAI) Workshop, Potsdam, 6–11 Sep 2026 www.tu-braunschweig.de/theophys/nwc... A publication in Springer's Astronomy and Space Science Proceedings is planned: link.springer.com/series/7395 @springer.springernature.com | @tu-braunschweig.de

Read all about "The #BepiColombo mission to Mercury" here in Space Science Reviews' article collection: link.springer.com/collections/... — Start with Benkhoff et al.: BepiColombo - Mission Overview and Science Goals. #SpaceSciRev 217, 90 (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #OpenAccess 🔭

🔭 Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess paper by Dr. Ravit Helled “Outstanding questions in giant planet theory”: link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050...

New publication Protecting earth from extraterrestrial contamination: The case for a lunar biocontainment facility Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This morning's launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center was amazing! Roman is now on a million-mile journey to Lagrange point 2, where it will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets: https://go.nasa.gov/4qIa69I #NASARoman 🔭 Credit: J. Barrientes/STScI.

🎉 Celebrating 50 papers in the Astrophysics and Space Science #Astronomy Prize Awardees Collection Series! Featuring invited articles from award-winning astronomers worldwide. All non-OA papers are free to read for the next 2 months🔭 🔗 Explore: link.springer.com/journal/1050... #Astrophysics 🔭

Filippo D’Ammando. Active Galactic Nuclei as high-energy neutrino sources. #AstronAstrophysRev 34, 2 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s001... #OpenAccess #ReviewArticle 🔭 We present and discuss recent results on the search for correlations between astrophysical neutrinos and both γ-ray and radio-bright AGN.

New paper out! Our new article in Space Science Reviews details our BroadSCOPE sensor. It’s published along its companion paper on the ShortSCOPE sensor. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

(10731) Dollyparton is a main-belt asteroid. Its mean diameter has been calculated to be 5.02 km. It was discovered on 16 January 1988 by H. Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory. It is named after American country singer and actress #DollyParton minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/sh...

Pietro Fraccaroli, Alice Lucchetti, Giampiero Naletto, Maurizio Pajola, Luca Penasa. HIPERION - HIgh-resolution Planetary Explorer and Remote Imaging Observer of Natural Uranian satellites. #ExpAstron 62, 9 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s106... #OpenAccess #Uranus #IcyMoons | @media.inaf.it 🔭

Are you interested in publishing your research? — Meet Springer book & journal editors in the exhibition area, talk about your projects, and browse our latest publications! #EPSC2026 #sponsor @springer.springernature.com

14 years on Mars! A current review of NASA's #Curiosity: Vasavada, A.R., Fraeman, A.A., Grotzinger, J.P. et al. Scientific Highlights and Status of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, Years 9 Through 12. #SpaceSciRev 222, 67 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #OpenAccess #ReviewArticle

Astrophysics and Space Science presents the #openaccess paper by Dr. Holly Gilbert on the chromospheric magnetism explorer: link.springer.com/article/10.1... All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050...

China has postponed its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission.

Lin, R., Huang, S., Jiang, K. et al. Recent advances in magnetic reconnection in Mars’ space environment. #DiscoverSpace 130, 17 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s110... #OpenAccess #ReviewArticle

Astrophysics and Space Science presents the paper by Dr. Maya Fishbach on GAIA’s black holes: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Free Access: rdcu.be/fwJes All #2025AstroPrizeCollection announcements: link.springer.com/journal/1050...

The Swift re-boost mission has failed. www.nasa.gov/news-release...