09 April 2021
Around 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust falls to Earth each year
... originates from Jupiter family comets and the rest from asteroids. Understanding the role played by these interplanetary dust particles is invaluable say the team as it could provide information on how water and carbonaceous molecules were supplied...
17 July 2020
Solar Orbiter spots country-sized ‘campfires’ on the Sun
... sky and appears to extend from the Sun's direction. It is caused by light from the Sun reflecting off interplanetary dust and to see it, SoloHI had to reduce the Sun's light to one trillionth of its original brightness. "The images...
