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ASTRONOMY: Space Sighting Suggests Stardust Doesn't Have to Come From Stars
Govert Schilling
Astronomers have spotted the telltale spectroscopic fingerprints of microscopic rubies and sapphires in space near a supermassive black hole, which may help explain the abundance of dust particles in the very early universe.