A strange, glowing form of matter called dusty plasma turns out to be incredibly sensitive to magnetic fields. Researchers found that even weak fields can change how tiny particles grow, simply by ...

Scientists explore the prospect of galactic black holes as sources of widespread magnetic fields LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, April 19, 2007- Combining the world’s largest radio telescope at Arecibo, ...

Imagine a cloud that shines like a neon sign, but instead of raindrops, it contains countless microscopic dust grains floating in midair. This is a dusty plasma, a bizarre state of matter found both ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with numerous universities and government laboratories studying the effects of dusty plasmas Plasmas are charged dust particles that can ...

Where did the moon’s magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up signs of a high magnetic field in lunar surface rocks. The moon ...

Rendering of dusty nanoparticles suspended in a glowing plasma cloud, where magnetic fields guide their motion and growth, showing how even weak magnetism can reshape matter at the nanoscale. (Auburn, ...