Interstellar mapping and acceleration probe (IMAP): A new NASA mission

DJ McComas, ER Christian, NA Schwadron, N Fox… - Space science …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a revolutionary mission
that simultaneously investigates two of the most important overarching issues in …

The state-of-play of anomalous microwave emission (AME) research

C Dickinson, Y Ali-Haïmoud, A Barr, ES Battistelli… - New Astronomy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME) is a component of diffuse Galactic radiation
observed at frequencies in the range≈ 10–60 GHz. AME was first detected in 1996 and …

A unified model of grain alignment: radiative alignment of interstellar grains with magnetic inclusions

T Hoang, A Lazarian - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The radiative torque (RAT) alignment of interstellar grains with ordinary paramagnetic
susceptibilities has been supported by earlier studies. The alignment of such grains …

Atom counting with accelerator mass spectrometry

W Kutschera, AJT Jull, M Paul, A Wallner - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) was born in the late 1970s, when it was realized at
nuclear physics laboratories that the accelerator systems can be used as a sensitive mass …

Interstellar in Antarctica

D Koll, G Korschinek, T Faestermann… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
Earth is constantly bombarded with extraterrestrial dust containing invaluable information
about extraterrestrial processes, such as structure formation by stellar explosions or …

Future exploration of the outer heliosphere and very local interstellar medium by interstellar probe

PC Brandt, E Provornikova, SD Bale, A Cocoros… - Space science …, 2023 - Springer
A detailed overview of the knowledge gaps in our understanding of the heliospheric
interaction with the largely unexplored Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) are provided …

Interplanetary dust, meteoroids, meteors and meteorites

D Koschny, RH Soja, C Engrand, GJ Flynn… - Space science …, 2019 - Springer
Interplanetary dust particles and meteoroids mostly originate from comets and asteroids.
Understanding their distribution in the Solar system, their dynamical behavior and their …

On Internal and External Alignment of Dust Grains in Protostellar Environments

T Hoang, VHM Phan, NC Giang… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Multiwavelength observations toward protostars reveal complex properties of dust
polarization, which are challenging to interpret. Here we study the physical processes …

The galactic dust-up: modelling dust evolution in FIRE

CR Choban, D Kereš, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent strides have been made developing dust evolution models for galaxy formation
simulations but these approaches vary in their assumptions and degree of complexity. Here …

Micrometeoroid infall onto Saturn's rings constrains their age to no more than a few hundred million years

S Kempf, N Altobelli, J Schmidt, JN Cuzzi… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
There is ongoing debate as to whether Saturn's main rings are relatively young or ancient—
having been formed shortly after Saturn or during the Late Heavy Bombardment. The rings …