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A black rock from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is full of cosmic mysteries. Researchers at the HZDR in Dresden have found radioactive atoms from space within it—and thereby determined the age of an ancient event: The last rare cosmic spectacle in our galactic neighborhood occurred at least 100 million years ago.

Stardust in Antarctic ice

Ancient Antarctic ice reveals traces of a long-ago stellar explosion: researchers in Dresden have detected the rare radioactive isotope iron-60. The discovery shows that Earth has been collecting material from interstellar space for thousands of years — providing new clues to the history of our cosmic neighborhood. | more

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