“The origin of GEMS in IDPs as deduced from microstructural evolution of amorphous silicates with annealing”, by C. Davoisne et al. To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. For the first time, a ...

In a coming issue, Astronomy & Astrophysics presents new laboratory results that provide some important clues to the possible origins of exotic mineral grains in interplanetary dust. Studying ...

For the first time, a team of French scientists were able to reproduce the structure of the exotic GEMS (glass with embedded metal and sulphides) in the laboratory. The results of their experiments ...