[/caption] From a JPL Press Release: New observations from the infrared Herschel Space Observatory reveal that an exploding star expelled the equivalent of between 160,000 and 230,000 Earth masses of fresh dust. This enormous quantity suggests that exploding stars, called supernovae, are the answer to the long-standing puzzle of what supplied our early universe with … Continue reading "Where Did Early Cosmic Dust Come From? New Research Says Supernovae"