NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been pummeled by micrometeorites ever since its debut. And while the scientists who developed the ten-billion-dollar observatory were well aware of this reality, ...

Micrometeorites, unlike their larger brethren, rarely get a spotlight at museums. But there's plenty to learn from these extraterrestrial particles, despite the largest of them measuring just ...

It is difficult to imagine that Earth grew from many small bits of dust and debris that were formed long ago in stars. Although most of the solar system debris has settled, meteorites do still enter ...

MIN copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. "Tiny pieces of space rock called micrometeorites are everywhere on Earth. In Search of Stardust shows you how to find them!The solar system is a dusty ...

More than 100 billion micrometeorites (MMs) fall to Earth each year. Until now, scientists believed that these particles could only be found in the cleanest environments, such as the Antarctic. In ...

I recently learned that there are likely to be several meteorites sitting on the top of my London home. Tiny meteorites, less ...

The composition of Antarctic micrometeorites and other tiny but precious rocks such as those from space missions–is really hard to analyze without some sample loss. But a new technique should make it ...

As our planet orbits the sun, it swoops through clouds of extraterrestrial dust — and several thousand metric tons of that material actually reaches Earth’s surface every year, new research suggests.

Think finding a needle in a haystack sounds hard? Try finding tiny rocks from space — as small as a grain of sand — inside piles of dust and debris strewn across the roofs of cathedrals. That’s the ...

The homemade signs taped above Jon Wallace’s computer suggest he’s prone to obsession: Learn When to Quit! and Avoid Pain!!! Get Off the Computer NOW! Wallace, however, doesn’t seem to have learned ...

“Catch a Falling Star” was one of Perry Como’s greatest hits, but the idea behind the song is more than a fantasy. Few know it’s possible to actually catch micrometeorites from meteor showers in their ...