The Asteroid We Found Hidden in a Few Grains of Dust.

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Every day, dozens of tons of extraterrestrial dust fall on Earth. By studying a new type of micrometeorites, researchers have highlighted the signature of a parent body so far unknown, probably a primitive asteroid. A discovery that suggests that some...

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Every day large amounts of matter fall to our planet from space. Far from being an exaggeration, some recent estimates suggest amounts that exceed 20 tons per day, as Hervig et al. (2022), although there are other models that even estimate that figures could fall above 100 tons per day. However, let’s not think that most of this matter falls like big meteorites that break roofs, dent cars or extinguish dinosaurs. Not at all.