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Choose Your Path: Destiny of Dust

A tiny dust grain has many potential paths—and destinies—in the universe. Which would you choose? Where could it lead you? Explore some of the possibilities and consequences with this infographic, and discover important roles that dust can play—from sheltering forming stars to providing a platform for the development of organic molecules that make up life as we know it.
- Release DateSeptember 7, 2021
- CreditImage: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joyce Kang (STScI)
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Aug 28, 2025
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov
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NASA, ESA, CSA, Joyce Kang (STScI)





