Open AccessShooting Stars and Cosmic Dust Help Form Clouds, Fertilize Plankton
Author(s) -
Eric Betz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo025709
Subject(s) - stars , cosmic cancer database , astrobiology , astronomy , cosmic dust , physics , astrophysics
Tons of cosmic dust enter Earth's atmosphere each day, triggering a range of phenomena that scientists are only just beginning to understand.