Supernovae seed galaxies with massive amounts of dust

A supernova detected in 1987 may explain why galaxies in the early universe were so dusty.

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John Matson
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This article was first published by Scientific American on 7 July, 2011.

Matson, J. Supernovae seed galaxies with massive amounts of dust. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.404