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From studies on the biggest and brightest galaxies, to the most distant, active supermassive black holes, and even analysis on cosmic dust and stellar evolution, JWST has contributed to many new perspectives on the early universe during its first two years of observation.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Observing with X-rays, which can penetrate cosmic dust, offers a way around this problem.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
Warm hydrogen glows pinkish-purple in the image, while cosmic dust, composed of tiny grains of siliceous (rocky) and carbonaceous (sooty) material, appears reddish-brown.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 June 2024
Although the existence of dust in space continues to be surrounded by intrigue, an international team of astronomers recently identified a type Ia supernova creating cosmic dust.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Observing with X-rays, which can penetrate cosmic dust, offers a way around this problem.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
Warm hydrogen glows pinkish-purple in the image, while cosmic dust, composed of tiny grains of siliceous (rocky) and carbonaceous (sooty) material, appears reddish-brown.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 June 2024
Although the existence of dust in space continues to be surrounded by intrigue, an international team of astronomers recently identified a type Ia supernova creating cosmic dust.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Cosmic dust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic%20dust. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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