Open AccessForeword [to Special Section on Interstellar Dust and the Heliosphere]
Author(s) -
Frisch Priscilla C.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/1999ja900349
Subject(s) - heliosphere , interplanetary dust cloud , physics , cosmic dust , astrobiology , interstellar medium , comet dust , interstellar cloud , astronomy , astrophysics , solar system , dust lane , solar wind , galaxy , molecular cloud , star formation , stars , plasma , quantum mechanics
Dust grains in space provide intriguing tracers of fundamental processes governing the origin and evolution of matter in our galaxy. Dust grains are detected in a number of space environments. Interstellar dust grains (ISDG) are seen in diffuse and molecular interstellar clouds. They have now also been sampled directly by spacecraft within the solar system.