How do I add particles to my Skybox in Unity? - unity3d

Hey stackoverflow community! Currently, my game has a skybox that is plain and gray. What I would like to do is add small moving particles in the skybox to make the game atmosphere better. Is there a simple way to implement particles to your skybox or do you have to do it by hand? If I have to do it by hand, how do I make a particle object?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
E.W

There's no easy way to add particles to skybox (you'd have to write a shader for that), its much easier to just create a particle system or (a few) on the outskirts of your scene

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