NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uses near-infrared imaging to penetrate dust clouds, revealing the formation of massive ...

This is something we’ve never seen in stars that are analogs of stars in the early universe,' an astronomer said.

Somehow, even without silicon, this star was surrounded by dust. The dust grains were made almost entirely of iron. This has ...

Webb observations of the Sextans A galaxy reveal how stars in a metal-poor areas create cosmic dust, offering clues about the ...

Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. But what it actually looks ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA image by Robert Simmon and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, based on MODIS data Cosmic dust may ...

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Think finding a needle in a haystack sounds hard? Try finding tiny rocks from space — as small as a grain of sand — inside piles of dust and debris strewn across the roofs of cathedrals. That’s the ...

The origin of life on Earth has long remained a mystery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cosmic dust may have helped to ...