Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 made by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft after the Deep Impact collision suggest that comets are ‘icy dirtballs’, rather than ‘dirty snowballs’ as previously believed. Comets ...

In a recent study published in Geosciences, a team of researchers led by The Ohio State University have examined dust gathered from glacier ice in Tibet in hopes of learning more about the Earth’s ...

When astronomers look at distant objects—far away in both space and time—all too often, dust gets in their eyes. Well, not eyes, exactly—in their telescopes' line of vision. It's hard to take a close ...

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Cosmic dust can tell scientists about how ice covered Earth during the last ice age. This dust is leftover debris from asteroids and comets... What space dust reveals about Earth's ice age Around ...

Researchers are using dust trapped in glacier ice in Tibet to document past changes in Earth's intricate climate system -- and maybe one day help predict future changes. Researchers from The Ohio ...

Now they think they've cracked it: a huge asteroid collision in outer space is to blame. Dust is constantly floating down to Earth from space, made from broken parts of asteroids and comets. But when ...

For the last 30,000 years, our planet has been hit by a constant rain of cosmic dust particles. Scientists have reached this conclusion after investigating the amount of the helium isotope 3He in ...

This image shows part of the ice cap sitting at Mars’ north pole, complete with bright swathes of ice, dark troughs, and depressions, and signs of strong winds and stormy activity. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin , ...

Wedged in between these Red Planet features are channels that may have been formed by water or lava. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers from The Ohio State University are using dust trapped in glacier ice in Tibet to document past changes in Earth’s intricate climate system – and maybe one day help predict ...