Sunday 13 July 2014

Cosmic grains of dust formed in supernova explosion

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Cosmic grains of dust formed in supernova explosion
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - There are billions of stars and planets in the universe. A star is glowing sphere of gas, while planets like Earth are made up of solids. The planets are formed in dust clouds that swirled around a newly formed star. Dust grains are composed of elements like carbon, silicon, oxygen, iron, and magnesium. But where does the cosmic dust come from? New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at ... more


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