Terms of Use

This site — astralfrontiers.com — is operated by Johannes Aarto, trading as Astral Frontiers, business ID 3656536-1, a sole trader established in Finland (“Astral Frontiers,” “we,” “us”). Contact is by email only. By using the site you agree to these terms.

Editorial content

All articles, photography, illustrations, and video on the site are © Astral Frontiers unless a different credit is shown. You may share links to our pages freely and quote short excerpts with attribution. For reprint, syndication, or licensing requests, contact hello@astralfrontiers.com.

Where we credit external imagery — for example NASA, ESA, JAXA, or ESO — the credit line applies and reuse is governed by that source’s terms.

The Astral Dispatch

The Astral Dispatch is a free editorial newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the one-click link in every email. How we handle your subscription data is described in our Privacy Policy.

Accuracy and disclaimers

We work hard to make our science reporting correct, but the articles on this site are journalism, not peer-reviewed research and not professional advice — scientific, navigational, or otherwise. Sky data on /tonight is computed from published ephemerides and city coordinates and is accurate enough for enthusiast use; it is not suitable for aviation, marine navigation, or scientific observation planning.

The site is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not warrant that it will always be accessible, uninterrupted, or free of errors, and we may change or remove content at any time.

Third-party services

We link to external sites — social platforms, science publications, retailers, image sources. We are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices, and a link is not an endorsement.

Acceptable use

You agree not to use the site to violate any law, to scrape or mass-download content in a way that disrupts the service, to probe for security vulnerabilities without our written permission, or to submit false or someone else’s email address to the newsletter.

Liability

To the extent permitted by Finnish law, Astral Frontiers is not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of the site or reliance on its content. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under mandatory law, including consumer protection law.

Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of Finland. Disputes will be resolved in Varsinais-Suomen käräjäoikeus, unless mandatory consumer law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your place of residence within the EU.

Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version, with its effective date, will always be on this page.

Contact

Questions about these terms: hello@astralfrontiers.com.