Afterward, the samples were sealed in the Stardust's Sample Return Capsule (SRC), which returned to Earth in 2006. Holding over 10,000 particles more than 1 micrometer in size, NASA revealed that ...

NASA’s Stardust mission not only captured them but also provided groundbreaking data on comets, space dust, and the potential origins of life. This video explores how Stardust changed our ...

Some micrometeorites are real stardust—flecks from exploded stars. Others are likely created when asteroids collide and comets vaporize. Larsen learned to identify the unique features that take ...