Image: Artist’s impression of dust formation around a supernova explosion
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Description: This artist’s impression shows dust forming in the environment around a supernova explosion. VLT observations have shown that these cosmic dust factories make their grains in a two-stage process, starting soon after the explosion, but continuing long afterwards.
Title: Artist’s impression of dust formation around a supernova explosion
Credit: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1421a/
Author: ESO/M. Kornmesser
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