SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987A

Friday, February 8, 2019 - 17:10 in Astronomy & Space

Portal origin URL: SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987APortal origin nid: 439312Published: Friday, February 8, 2019 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers using NASA’s SOFIA airborne telescope have found that cosmic dust, a building block of planets, forms in the wake of a supernova blast wave.Portal image: Illustration of Supernova 1987A as a powerful blast wave passes an outer ring destroying much of the dust, which then re-forms.Science Categories: Universe

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