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Cometary-type interplanetary dust particle, magnified by an electron microscope. (Hope Ishii, UH Mānoa)

Pre-Solar System Dust Found in the Atmosphere

June 15, 2018

A research team led by the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology say they have discovered the remains of the formation of the solar system in some interstellar dust. The dust particles, which were gathered in Earth’s atmosphere by NASA aircraft, are thought to have been cast off from […]

About Half of the Water You Drink is Older than the Sun

September 26, 2014

New research reveals that as much as one half of all of Earth’s current water supply is older than the Sun. An international team of scientists led by Ilse Cleeves at the University of Michigan looked back into creation of Earth and our solar system to find out where all of the water came from. […]

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