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 ...

Where did the building blocks of Earth's first water come from? At least in part, from a cloud of gas and dust swirling around the sun, new research suggests. Water is made up of two hydrogen atoms ...

A University of Vienna study indicates that the movement of the solar system through varying galactic zones might have had a major influence on the climate of Earth millions of years ago. About 14 ...