Making stars: Studies show how cosmic dust and gas shape galaxy evolution

Astronomers find cosmic dust annoying when it blocks their view of the heavens, but without it the universe would be devoid of stars. Cosmic dust is the indispensable ingredient for making stars and for understanding how primordial diffuse gas clouds assemble themselves into full?blown galaxies.

?Formation of galaxies is one of the biggest remaining questions in astrophysics,? said Andrey Kravtsov, associate professor in astronomy & astrophysics at the University of Chicago.

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