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fredag, augusti 15, 2014

Stardust Team Reports Discovery of First Potential Interstellar Space Particles | NASA

Stardust Team Reports Discovery of First Potential Interstellar Space Particles | NASA




Largest interstellar dust track found in the Stardust aerogel collectors

The largest interstellar dust track found in the Stardust aerogel collectors was this 35 micron-long hole produced by a 3 picogram speck of dust that was probably traveling so fast that it vaporized upon impact. The other two likely interstellar dust grains were traveling more slowly and remained in
Image Credit: 
UC Berkeley/Andrew Westphal.

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