When dying red giant stars throw off material, dust particles form; those particles are later destroyed by supernova blast waves, which move through space at more than 6,000 miles per second, according to NASA. Observations from SOFIA — a Boeing747SP jetliner that's been modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope — tell a more mysterious story and show more than 10 times the dust expected. 5 HITLER WATERCOLORS GO UNSOLD AT GERMAN AUCTIONAccording to the government space agency, dust particles might be forming in the blast wave's wake, which gives astronomers new insights into how dust moves through space. That dust could either be from the growth of existing particles or from now dust being formed, the space agency says. But the SOFIA observations tell us something new about a completely unexpected dust population.”NASA plans for future observations of the cosmic dust using its James Webb Space Telescope.

Source: Fox News February 11, 2019 13:08 UTC