Cosmic Dust

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A fiery meteorite descends through Earth's atmosphere, with distant galaxies and nebulae visible in the deep space background, symbolizing its cosmic origins.

Earth & Environment

How Can We Trace Meteorite Origins and Cosmic Journeys?

At a distance of over 62 million miles from Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft's Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) instrument detected nano-dust particles.

David Grossman·June 28, 2026