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 ...

Because we cannot catch a comet and study it in the laboratory, previous analyses have inferred the properties of cometary dust particles from their interactions with sunlight. One of the earliest ...

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

Jenny Graves receives funding from the Australian Research Council. If you look at cells from a human or other mammal under a microscope, you’ll see big fat molecular complexes called chromosomes that ...

Lunar dust as seen under a microscope. Each is covered in a glassy coating that may be smooth and round or jagged and sharp. Particle types shown include plagioclase (lower left, white), volcanic ...

TUCSON, Ariz.– NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars’ ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope. The particle — shown at higher magnification ...

HOUSTON — Microscopic particles are blowing-in from the Sahara Desert right now, as you read this blog. On its trip across the Atlantic spanning over 6,500 miles in a round-about path through the ...

The hard-to-see specks of suspected moon dust are anticipated to sell for $800,000 to $1.2 million. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

This is an electron microscope image of a dust particle rounded by eolian transport. It originated in the Sahara desert and was found in 7.2 million year old sediments in Greece. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...