For this month’s telecon, we were delighted to be joined by Dr. Bradley De Gregorio from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, who is instrumental to the Stardust@home foils analyses. Through his expert commentary on foil images submitted by our veteran dusters, you’ll hear and see what Dr. De Gregorio believes […]
In our October 2018 video chat, Dr. Andrew Westphal comments on potential interstellar tracks from the Foils VM. These potential tracks were submitted by veteran dusters who were interested in Dr. Westphal’s expert opinion. Yet, as you’ll see, nothing is ever certain until final analysis through particle extraction followed by […]
For our September 2018 Third Thursday Telecon, Stardust@home’s Anna Butterworth gives a brief update on our timeline for analysis of three interstellar candidates, as well as how we’re doing on getting together the next extraction list. She also describes her current funding to propose a new NASA mission to look […]
In this month’s Third Thursday Telecon, Stardust@home’s Zack Gainsforth demonstrates the workings, power, and valuable uses of the Scanning Electron Microscope for the project. We hope you enjoy!
Our July Third Thursday was rescheduled to July 26, 2018, so we could check in with Dr. Andrew Westphal at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Moscow, Russia! In this month’s report, not only does Dr. Westphal bring us up to speed on the status of our […]
For June’s Third Thursday (and on the summer solstice no less!), Dr. Andrew Westphal describes some of the new high-end equipment the team is using at the Advanced Light Source at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and how it should improve, and perhaps even speed up, the research. He also […]
For May’s Third Thursday, Dr. Andrew Westphal takes us on an exclusive, behind the scenes tour of the Advanced Light Source at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Note, this is an unedited video with a lot of comic relief! Please also excuse the abrupt ending due to the power capabilities […]
For our February 2018 conversation (audio only), Dr. Andrew Westphal presented many details on the tools the team uses to analyze candidate particles, what we look for, and what we’re finding. You’ll also learn quite a bit about some of the pitfalls of this extraordinarily difficult work, and how we’d […]
On January 18, 2018, as part of our monthly Third Thursday Telecon series, Dr. Andrew Westphal mentions that the team is eagerly expecting the arrival of a new interstellar dust candidate from Johnson Space Center. This particular particle was first found by longtime duster McAngus! There are also new efforts […]