Tiny meteorites are everywhere. Here’s how to find them.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an accessible demonstration of how anyone can collect micrometeorites at home.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Verge Science

Topic

micrometeorites

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I feel like everyone is scouring their roof for micrometeorites these days. Here's a few videos on the subject: [LINK] [VIDEO]

• Here [1] is a great video about Larsen and his work on collecting microscopic meteroites. Larsen's book, "In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters" [2] is also great, a gorgeous coffee table book with lots of high-quality photos of meteorites of the …

• Here's a good video running through one way to do this at home - [VIDEO] (I really like the ending, it's real science which is rare these days) There are a heap of better links to micrometeorites stories than this stackexchange. Discussed many times on …