I am looking forward to Phase VII. In the meantime I reminisce. I don’t recall how I heard of Stardust@Home, but as a retired lab-tech, I welcomed the chance to search for Stardust. A Certificate dated August 10, 2006, “Certifying that Evelyn R. Smith has completed the training requirements for […]
Welcome to the latest version of Stardust@home! For returning volunteers, we’ll be calling this Phase VII. Please explore the new home and other information pages where you’ll find a few new features. Some of these features are meant to help you become better at finding stardust. We hope you like […]
First baby steps in the microscopic study of individual contemporary interstellar dust particles On August 15, 2014, we are publishing in Science magazine a paper titled “Evidence for Interstellar Origin of Seven Particles Returned by the Stardust Mission.” Stardust@home dusters were a critical part of this ground-breaking project. Two Stardust@home […]
Andrew Westphal explains some of the reasoning why we have identified some of the tracks that you have identified as potential interstellar dust candidates. In this first movie, he describes a “midnight” track in focus movie 1753822v1, first spotted by Duster DeanLoewen. This track’s impact direction is consistent with an […]
