How Cosmic Dust Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Every year, roughly 10 particles of space dust land on each square meter of Earths surface. Matthew Genge, a planetary scientist at Imperial College London, specializes in these alien dust grains, known as micrometeorites. They float here from space rocks hundreds of millions of miles away, bearing tiny messages about the mysteries of our solar system.

Read the full article at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/matt-genge-uses-dust-from-space-to-tell-the-story-of-the-solar-system-20210204/