Cosmic dust can tell scientists about how ice covered Earth during the last ice age. This dust is leftover debris from asteroids and comets... What space dust reveals about Earth's ice age Around ...

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

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 ...

A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Using space dust and microfossils, researchers traced rapid evolution just ...

Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. But what it actually looks ...

Particles of space dust may be vital in increasing the building blocks required for life, scientists leading the first study of its kind have said. A team of researchers from Heriot-Watt University in ...

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Ice coverage in the Arctic sea is rapidly declining, which causes the remaining ice to melt faster and alters nutrient availability. In a University of Washington-led study, researchers show how ...