interstellar wind

All we are is dust in the interstellar wind

03/09/2016 10:54 AM EST

Cosmic dust is not simply something to sweep under the rug and forget about.
Instead, National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded astronomers are studying and even mapping it to learn more about what it might be hiding from us, where it comes from and what it's turning into.
Some researchers are delving deep down to see how dust comes together at the atomic level, while others are looking at the big picture to see where stars and planets might be forming in dusty stellar ...

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