Components of fusion reactors facing the plasma can be eroded and create an accumulation of contaminants in the form of dust inside the reactor chamber. It is important to understand how the dust, if ...

Abstract: Summary form only given. Recent experiments demonstrated that dust penetrating into fusion plasma edge can significantly affect the plasma performance due to dust originated impurities. It ...

Rosetta's scientists are doing every bit of science they can before the European Space Agency crashes the probe into the comet it's been studying. In fact, the spacecraft's Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis ...

Scientists in the US are making detailed 3D maps of the cavities carved by comet dust in blocks of foam carried by Nasa's Stardust spacecraft. Stardust visited Comet Wild 2 in 2004, catching samples ...