Fig. 1. Resolving lunar soil magnetism at the microscopic scale. (a) Schematic of various conventional techniques for resolving lunar magnetic signals at different scales (from top to bottom: orbital ...

BERKELEY — Astronomy buffs who jumped at the chance to use their home computers in the SETI@home search for intelligent life in the universe will soon be able to join an Internet-based search for dust ...

Magnetism on the moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself. Previous attempts ...

Astronomers are uncovering the earliest stages of planet formation with the help of technologies like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Recent findings from the Butterfly Nebula, 3,400 ...

Think you have the right stuff to spot interstellar dust? The Planetary Society, in conjunction with the University of California at Berkeley, is looking for good dust-spotters to join Stardust@home, ...

Globular colonies of the choanoflagellate B. monosierra seen under a microscope. As indicated by the 50-micron scale bar, these colonies are at the limit of what's visible to the naked eye. Mono Lake ...

Astronomers have long known that interstellar dust—microscopic grains made of carbon and silica—obscures starlight by soaking it up and reradiating it as infrared. If you're enjoying this article, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected the earliest and most direct signature for carbon-rich dust grains from the early universe. Experts had previously thought that elements heavier than ...