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Exploding stars make key ingredient in sand, glass: Study
short by Shifa Naseer / on Sunday, 18 November, 2018
A study has revealed that silica, a major ingredient found in glass and sand, is formed when massive stars explode. Researchers used NASA's Spitzer telescope to analyse the light emitted by the stars and obtained silica's "fingerprint" based on the wavelength of light it emits. "The silica produced...was significant enough to contribute to the dust throughout the Universe," researchers claimed.
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