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What is interplanetary dust and can it spread the ingredients of life?

Posted in Science on 17th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

NASA reported that a cloud of dust was surrounding Mars high above its atmosphere. They ruled out Mars itself and its moons Phobos and Deimos as the sources of the dust.

Moon's Lopsided Dust Cloud Could Affect Space Travel

Posted in Science on 5th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists have recently discovered that the Moon is engulfed in a permanent, lopsided dust cloud that could affect future space travel, a new study says.

Evidence for Cosmic Inflation Theory Bites the (Space) Dust

Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

It is the announcement no one wanted to hear: The most exciting astronomical discovery of 2014 has vanished.