Carl Sagan once said, “We are made of starstuff.” Unfortunately, he was a bit vague about what this starstuff actually is. To help answer that question, scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California have developed a way of recreating the dust and gas found around dying red giant stars that eventually become planet-forming interstellar dust... Continue Reading NASA creates artificial stardust
Section: Space
Tags: Astronomy, Nanoparticles, NASA
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