cosmic dust
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Webb Telescope Spots Potential Fuel for Early Universe in Supernovae Debris
Two supernovae 22 million light-years away ejected dust into their region of the universe, Webb Space Telescope observations reveal, indicating that violent stellar deaths could give rise to new star systems. Supernovae are luminous stellar deaths; when some stars die, they explode outwards, spewing their material across the cosmos. The supernovae currently in question are…
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Tons of Invisible Asteroid and Comet Dust Falls on Us Every Year
Some 10,000 grand pianos’ worth of space dust lands on Earth each year, according to a new paper published in Earth & Planetary Science Letters.
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54,000kg Of Cosmic Dust Floats Down From Space Every Day
NASA may be endlessly fascinated with microbial life on far-flung moons in our solar system or testing powerful rocket boosters that will propel humanity off its ancestral home, but there is still a lot we don’t know about our own planet — and cosmic dust is one of those mysteries.