Dead Star to Dust Factory
This illustration shows an exploded star that astronomers have recently been probing, in their search for the ingredients needed to make new planets, stars and people. And their search was successful! Hidden within these gassy remains, they found a dust factory hard at work churning out new molecules.
Credit:
A. Angelich / NRAO / AUI / NSF
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