Stardust@home

Hello Everyone, Unfortunately we’re going to have to cancel this month’s Stardust telcon – just too much going on here! In the meantime, I’ll try and get the past recordings up. I apologize that I’m behind on those. Thanks for your understanding, and we look forward to speaking with you next month! ...

Welcome back Puddock! We are probably around 100 volunteers give or take, but few are on these forums lately. I heard you might be joining us next week for the Third Thursday Telecon - we hope so! That's the best opportunity to get questions answered and hear the latest stats on the project. Thanks ...

Thanks for keeping everyone up to date Mike! And yes, we are having our regular Telecon this month. It will be next week on Thursday February 15th at 11am US Pacific Time. Here are the two options for joining: 1. By telephone : Dial 1-408-638-0968 and when prompted, enter meeting ID number 523-679-3...

Third Thursday recordings for July and September 2017 are now (finally) posted! Please note that we did not have a Third Thursday for August. Thanks for your patience. Enjoy! Dan http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/third-thursday-telecon-27-july-2017/ http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/third-...

Both, to be sure!

Hey there Titrit El! So sorry for the late reply. Have been working other projects as of late. Anyway, so glad to have a new duster with us! The Stardust aerogel has many flaws, including many cracks and small "inclusions," or little pieces of dust that were introduced when the aerogel was...

The entire Space Science Laboratory will be having electrical work done Sunday June 25th starting at about 2pm Pacific through Monday June 26th. We hope to have all systems online by noon Pacific on Monday. Thanks for your understanding!

I don't think anyone has had that impression yet John!

Dan

Thanks Dr. Westphal for confirming my suspicion that the aerogel/foil frequency disparity is most likely due to there actually having been many more of the really small ISPs than predicted (~ 0.01 microns or less). What in fact was the predicted size/speed range of particles that the aerogel tiles ...

Hi Everyone! Dr. Westphal provided a brief update as usual this month. Topics include: Recent news on ten interstellar dust candidates that are being extracted and sent to us from NASA’s Johnson Space Center for synchrotron beamline analysis here at UC Berkeley; Why we’d like you to concentrate on t...

Sorry about that lantif. We'll check it out and get back to you! Dan

Hi Everyone, For April's Third Thursday Telecon (this coming Thursday, April 20th), Dr. Westphal will report on our involvement in the wonderful PBS Documentary Series The Cloud & The Crowd . Hopefully you caught episode 1 and saw Dr. Westphal and our own Robert Lettieri meeting with the EyesOnA...

Dear Evelyn, We've been dreading this more official announcement since your previous post here , because frankly, it's hard for us to imagine what this project will be like without you! The Berkeley team has been so blessed by not only your dedication to the project, but also your warmth, good cheer...

Oh Evelyn! How sad I was to read this. The entire Stardust@home team here at Berkeley sends you our utmost sympathy as well as deep appreciation for all you've done for us over the years! But we're going to hold out hope that we'll still hear from you from time-to-time, and that your current conditi...

Hi Everyone, Our Third Thursday Telecon for March will actually be on the FOURTH Thursday this month, so that means Thursday March 23rd rather than the 16th. A couple of our scientists will be reporting live from the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference being held at The Woodlands, Texas. We'...