Student makes cosmic dust in a lab, shining a light on the origin of life

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.
Daily Herald

Dust is sneaky, but it’s also predictable. Here’s where it likes to hide

Dust is many things. At its most elemental, dust is a blend of dead skin, hair, fibers from clothing and other textiles, soil, pollen, dander, insect corpses, dust mites. Dust can be a health hazard, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Physicists Create Homemade Cosmic Dust, Which Could Help Them Figure Out How the Building Blocks of Life First Reached Earth

Cosmic dust normally comes from dying stars. The recipe for a lab-made version includes a few gases, vacuum tubes and ...

Student made cosmic dust in the lab revealing life’s early chemical origins

Research findings are available online in the Astrophysical Journal. The original story “ Student made cosmic dust in the lab revealing life’s early chemical origins ” is published in The Brighter ...
Yahoo

Inside NASA’s plan to defeat moon dust. (And why it matters more than you think.)

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amy Fritz, a dust-mitigation researcher at Johnson Space Center, pours simulated lunar dust into a bed tray for testing hardware ...
News Tribune

Massive Saharan dust cloud moving toward US. Will it have any impact on WA?

A large plume of dust from the Saharan Desert is expected to drift across a good chunk of parts of the southeastern U.S. by the end of the week, forecasters say. According to AccuWeather, the Saharan ...