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What is cosmic dust? What is it made of and what can it tell us about the Universe? Could cosmic dust be responsible for life starting on Earth? Figuring it all out with Dr Craig Walton from Cambridge University.

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:43 What is dust

• 00:08:43 Dust falling on Earth

• 00:16:05 Dust and the origin of life

• 00:46:30 Dust on other worlds across the Universe

• 01:03:29 Current obsessions

• 01:08:16 Final thoughts and more interviews

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