To the average person, walking into a flour- or sawmill and seeing dust swirling around is unlikely to evoke much of a response, but those in the know are quite likely to bolt for the nearest exit at ...

Earth’s surface is constantly sprinkled with space dust. Extraterrestrial material has rained down on our planet throughout its multi-billion-year history—and the celestial shower continues each ...

They weigh just 10 trillionths of a gram, but could help astronomers unlock the mysteries of a different galaxy. Researchers have been studying tiny specks of dust captured by NASA's Stardust ...