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Scott Peterson searches for — and finds — micrometeorites on rooftops around the Twin ­Cities area. Smaller than a grain of sand, these tiny particles are from asteroids and comets. So far, the New Hope veteran, stay-at-home dad and engineering student has found 36 micrometeorites.

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