What Is Dust? Is It Mostly Dead Skin?

Medicine & Technology Nov 02, 2023

There's a myth that dust is most made up of dead skin. Continue reading to know if this is true.

Fine Dust from an Asteroid Strike May Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction

Oct 31, 2023

After the asteroid impact, Earth experienced an "impact winter" due to atmospheric dust, leading to extinctions and the decline of dinosaurs. Continue reading to learn more.

Quartz Countertops Expose Young Men to Silicosis, Special Measures Needed To Protect the Workers From Lung Damage

Jul 25, 2023

Young men who make quartz countertops are facing the risk of a lung damage known as silicosis. Read the article to find out more about this condition.

How Does Dust HelpEcosystem? Scientists Unravel Its Role in Sustaining Oceans, Controlling Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels

May 11, 2023

Scientists are beginning to understand the role of dust in nourishing global ocean ecosystems and regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Read the article to learn more.

NASA's InSight Mars Lander Bids Farewell on Its Last Message, Sharing What Could Be Its Final Photo

Dec 21, 2022

NASA's InSight Mars Lander is not responding to communications likely due to low power levels after dust accumulated on its solar panels. Read the article to know more details.

Pink Snow Warning: Here's How This 'Cute' Phenomenon Would Harm Water Supply

Dec 11, 2022

Read on to know why Pink Snow is dangerous to your health.

Sun a 'Surprising Source' of Unexplained Water on Earth: What is Solar Wind Theory?

Nov 30, 2021

New research recently showed that solar winds that interact with grains of dust carried on asteroids may have contributed to filling the oceans on Earth with water.

Air Pollution: The Culprit To 3.3 Million Deaths Every Year Worldwide

Sep 21, 2015

Outdoor air pollution is killing more than 3 million people in the world and would most likely increase twofold in the next 35 years.

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.

Striking It Rich in Supernovae Dust at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy

Mar 19, 2015

It’s a tough job sifting through the data and the haze of the center of the Milky Way galaxy, but some astronomers have to do it. The time-consuming job often means having to peer into the center with aid of multiple telescopes, all giving you a different perspective at a different wavelength. It can be job of countless hours, with little to no reward, but when researchers find even cosmic dust, their studies can strike it rich.