stardust

Space & Cosmos

Learn more about supernovae through stardust

A pair of presolar particles from the Murchison meteorite. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy Most of the diverse elements in the universe are born from supernovae. We are literally made from the dust of long-dead stars and other astrophysical processes. But the details of how that happens are what astronomers are still trying to understand. How do the…