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Dust clouds from the Sahara are reaching Europe more frequently

Dust being carried by the wind from the Saharan desert over the Canary Islands and Cabo Verde in January 2024…

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

The Perseid meteor shower in 2023 seen from California  NASA/Preston Dyches Cosmic dust may have delivered elements crucial for life…

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Records of cometary dust hitting the asteroid Ryugu

Ryugu is a near-Earth asteroid that gained significant attention when the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission collected samples and returned them to…

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Chickpeas grown in moon dust for the first time

A chickpea flower grown in 75 per cent moon dust Picture supplied by Jessica Atkin at Texas A&M University Chickpeas…

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Picturing life in the dust bowl remains of the once mighty Aral Sea

A portrait of a lone fisherman catching Artemia (a primitive arthropod also known as brine shrimp) Kristina Varaksina ONCE the…

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In 1st trial of its kind in the US, Irish startup spreads concrete dust on Illinois farm field to remove CO2 from the air

Over the course of millions of years, the earth regularly removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a natural process…

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Sun-blocking dust from Chicxulub asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction

Dust may have sustained an ‘impact winter’ for 15 years eva_mask/Shutterstock When a huge asteroid hit Earth 66 million years…

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We could make roads on the moon by melting lunar dust

Illustration of a paved road and landing pad on the lunar surface Liquifer Systems Group Lunar dust could be melted…

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Dust creates a masterpiece in latest JWST image

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is showing off its imaging prowess again, this time with a stellar image of…

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NASA spots mile-high dust devil swirling across Mars

NASA (KFOR/Storyful) – A NASA rover captured video of a dust devil stretching 1.2 miles in height dancing across a…

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