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A study in stardust: Massive binary stars emit tiny carbon particles

Yale junior Donglin Wu leads a new study showing that some of the biggest stars in the universe shed some of the smallest dust particles. It's fitting that Wu's first major scientific journal article as lead author focuses on stardust—tiny solid grains that form from stellar winds, drift into inters...

A study in stardust: Massive binary stars emit tiny carbon particles
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Yale junior Donglin Wu leads a new study showing that some of the biggest stars in the universe shed some of the smallest dust particles. It's fitting that Wu's first major scientific journal article as lead author focuses on stardust—tiny solid grains that form from stellar winds, drift into interstellar space, and may eventually become parts of new planets.

Originally published at Phys.org

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