Cosmic dust

Antarctica: Turkish scholar collects 10,000 meteoroids

A Turkish scientist has collected over 10,000 micrometeoroids in Antarctica for astronomical research.

Working from the Belgian Antarctica base, Mehmet Yeşiltaş said that he focused on micrometeoroids with his Belgian and Japanese counterparts.

Yeşiltaş said researchers first began to collect micrometeoroids this year, with samples from mountains in the continent's east.

Scientists think life on Earth may have come from outer space

Scientists have suggested that interstellar dust capable of transporting micro-organisms across the universe is the source of life on Earth.

A study led by the University of Edinburgh’s Professor Arjun Berera has posited that bacteria and micro-animals, capable of surviving hazardous journeys through space, could be the source of life on our little blue planet.

Cosmic dust found on rootops in European cities!

We are physically much closer to the space particles dated back to the birth of the solar system 6.4 billion years ago than we think! In fact we are so close that we can find them on our roof tops. Well, not exactly, as they are too small to detect. But scientists have discovered cosmic dust raining down from space on roof tops in three major cities.