Cosmic Dust Found on Cathedral Roofs Comes From Micrometeorites, May Hold Key in Discovering Earth's Origin

Medicine & Technology Aug 04, 2023

A team of scientists confirmed that the dust found on the roof of Canterbury Cathedral originated from comets and meteorites which could unlock the origin of the Earth. Learn more about it in this article.

Supernovae Dust ‘Goldmine’ Found at the Center of the Milky Way

Mar 22, 2015

One of the largest questions to date has been what building materials were present at the formation of our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers have long theorized that the building material may have come from the death of supermassive stars, however, the galaxy-building dust is thought to burn up in a supernova like that. But now researchers are saying that may not be the case at all. In a new study published this week in the journal Science Express, researchers with Cornell University have made the first direct discovery of dust used to build the cosmos at the center of the Milky Way, and they believe it may have resulted from an ancient supernova.

First Ever Cosmic Dust Observations Made in the Center of the Galaxy

Mar 21, 2015

Astronomers have made the first ever observations of cosmic dust at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.