Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Stardust Found in an Ancient Meteorite Was Left by a New Kind of Supernova


A grain of dust recovered from an ancient meteorite that plonked itself down in Antarctica appears to be from a rather unusual place in space and time.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Science Alert

Read more on:

Photo of Supernova

Supernova

Photo of Stardust

Stardust

Photo of ancient meteorite

ancient meteorite

Related news:

News photo

Finally, an Explanation for the “String of Pearls” in Supernova 1987A

News photo

Explaining a supernova's 'string of pearls'

News photo

Webb Space Telescope Discovers Neutron Star in Historic Supernova Debris