first finder: dilettante112006 A possible impact track coming from the 6 o’clock direction, which is consistent with the interstellar dust stream. It’s a subtle find and if it turns out to be a real impact, it may be important. This is just the kind of thing that a computer algorithm […]
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 […]
