Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft

J. Westphal, A.; M. Stroud, R.; A. Bechtel, Hans; E. Brenker, Frank; L. Butterworth, A.; J. Flynn, G.; Frank, D.; Gainsforth, Z.; K. Hillier, Jon; Postberg, Frank; S. Simionovici, Alexandre; Sterken, Veerle; R. Nittler, Larry; Allen, Carlton; Anderson, David; Ansari, Asna; Bajt, S.; K. Bastien, Ron; Bassim, Nabil; Bridges, John; E. Brownlee, D.; J. Burchell, M.; Burghammer, Manfred; Changela, Hitesh; Cloetens, Peter; M. Davis, A.; Doll, Ryan; Floss, C.; Grün, Eberhard; R. Heck, P.; Höppe, P.; S. Hudson, Bruce; Huth, J.; T. Kearsley, A.; J. King, A.; Lai, Barry; Leitner, J.; Lemelle, Laurence; Leonard, Ariel; Leroux, Hugues; Lettieri, R.; Marchant, W.; C. Ogliore, R.; Jia Ong, Wei; C. Price, M.; A. Sandford, Scott; Sans Tresseras, Juan-Angel; Schmitz, S.; Schoonjans, Tom; Schreiber, K.; Silversmit, Geert; Armando Solé, Vicente; Srama, R.; J. Stadermann, F.; Stephan, T.; Stodolna, Julien; R. Sutton, S.; Trieloff, M.; Tsou, P.; Tyliszczak, Tolek; Vekemans, Bart; Vincze, László; Von Korff, Joshua; Wordsworth, Naomi; Zevin, Daniel; E. Zolensky, M.; Stardust@home dusters, 30714

doi:10.1126/science.1252496

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Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft

Published in Science • Aug 14, 2014

Authors:

A. J. Westphal

R. M. Stroud

Hans A. Bechtel

Abstract

Seven particles captured by the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector and returned to Earth for laboratory analysis have features consistent with an origin in the contemporary interstellar dust stream. More than 50 spacecraft debris particles were also identified. The interstellar dust candidates are...

Subject

Cosmic dust

Astrobiology

Interplanetary dust cloud

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