Dust from exploding stars is raining down on Earth. I hunt it to learn how the elements were made
- Written by: Dominik Koll, Dual PhD Candidate, Australian National University
Dominik Koll, Author providedIt is all around us. Every day in our lives we are in contact with it. In fact, we are made from it: ancient stardust.
All the atoms around us have witnessed the most violent explosions in the universe. Their journeys through space are the longest, roughest and loneliest voyages imaginable.
The hydrogen in the water we...