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Letter: Guts of a computer help me search for stardust

Published 13 January 2021

From Gerald Legg, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, UK

When it comes to hunting for micrometeorites that land on my roof, I have often dredged my gutters with a magnet from a computer hard drive in a plastic bag (19/26 December 2020, p 53). Remove the sludge adhering to the bag, wash in a Petri dish and examine under a microscope.

Issue no. 3317 published 16 January 2021

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