MIDAS collects dust in the vicinity of the comet on small (1.4 × 2.4 mm) targets and then scans them with the AFM to reveal their size, shape and texture in 3D, he explains. The device scans the ...

With that multiwavelength data, Edward Schlafly and collaborators constructed the first 3D dust map of the Milky Way. Future studies, especially of dark energy, will be much more accurate as a result.

Reconstructing a 3D Map Zhang and Green trained a neural network to generate model spectra depending on the features of the ...

By mapping the dust in three dimensions, they could find out how much dust is in any region in the sky and in the Milky Way galaxy. Shlafly said the new 3D dust maps are several times better than ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and ...

To 3D-print with fake Moon dust, the team started with the human-made regolith. The dust was then ground down to particle size, and the resulting grains mixed with a binding agent that reacts to ...

Dust is often a nuisance for astronomers, getting in the way of their observations. So accurate maps are crucial to help observe around it. To make the map, the astronomers used data on 800 ...

Dust is a major problem for lunar expeditions. Not only is it harmful to astronaut's health, it also gums up devices and causes technological problems. But now scientists from Germany have come up ...

In the end, the objects — which were composed of about 90 percent dust — were tough and flexible, and could withstand the rolling, cutting and folding needed to print almost any 3D shape, Shah ...