Space Daily July 18, 2026 • 18:30

A primitive dwarf galaxy with almost none of the heavy elements found in the Milky Way is somehow producing iron and silicon-carbide dust — materials astronomers thought early galaxies would struggle to make - Space Daily

A primitive dwarf galaxy with almost none of the heavy elements found in the Milky Way is somehow producing iron and silicon-carbide dust — materials astronomers thought early galaxies would struggle to make - Space Daily

The dwarf galaxy Sextans A is poor in the elements astronomers collectively call metals. Yet observations from the James Webb Space Telescope indicate that

The dwarf galaxy Sextans A is poor in the elements astronomers collectively call metals. Yet observations from the James Webb Space Telescope indicate that two of its ageing stars are making dust fro… [+8028 chars]
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