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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Pooran

New study changes what we know about space dust: ‘Not miniature rocks’

The “space dust” which helps to form the stars and planets around the cosmos is spongier than previously thought, an international team of scientists has found.

Astronomers and astrochemists reviewed years of research to try and resolve a simple question of whether cosmic dust is porous.

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