space dust

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The home's resident said he is still finding pieces of space dust around his home from the hit.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

Initially, these microscopic specks look like little more than space dust floating around the ether until they form almost human shapes.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Small traces of lithium were the first eye-catching anomaly in the high-altitude flight data, Murphy says, followed by high concentrations of aluminum that far exceeded the abundance found in meteoric space dust.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

It was captured using infrared light, which penetrates space dust more easily than visual light, and it is the highest resolution image of the objects ever seen at these wavelengths.

From National Geographic • Aug. 9, 2023

"That when the meteoric fragment of space dust strikes the air, the friction resulting from its velocity heats it to redness, fuses its surface, or even burns its very substance into ashes."

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri