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Our World: Stardust

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Visit a lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center where scientists study meteorites. Learn how aerogel, the lightest material in the world helped capture pieces of a comet and return the comet dust to Earth. See what scientists can learn about our universe from these tiny particles.

Published on: April 19, 2013

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NASA, NASA eClips, NIA, Our World, elementary, education, video, science, comets, stardust, aerogel, Wild 2, meteorite, universe, Antarctica, Mike Zolensky, questions, problems, data, explanations, solutions, NGSS, SEP1, SEP6, SEP4, MS. Space Systems

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