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  • n  microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium
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  • Solar Wind Creates Water in Star Dust, Implications for Life
    Solar wind can form water on interplanetary dust, potentially adding to the primordial soup that gave rise to life on Earth, scientists say. The creation of water via the solar wind could help explain the presence of water on the moon and on asteroids.
    Jan. 27, 2014 - SPACE.com
  • Interplanetary dust particles could deliver water and organics to jump-start life on Earth
    Researchers have discovered that interplanetary dust particles could deliver water and organics to the Earth and other terrestrial planets. "It is a thrilling possibility that this influx of dust has acted as a continuous rainfall of little reaction vessels containing both the water and organics needed for the eventual origin of life on Earth and possibly Mars," said Hope Ishii, study co-author.
    Jan. 25, 2014 - Science Daily
  • Ingredients for life hitching ride on space dust, study says
    Traces of water and organic compounds could be all around us, floating around space on ubiquitous interplanetary dust particles.
    Jan. 25, 2014 - CNET

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