About the research
About the research
While it might sound like an inspirational quote, the saying "We are all made of stardust" is actually true. All the elements we find here on earth were created long ago in the universe, floating around space in the form of this stardust, coming from massive stars. "If we want to understand earth and where we came from, we need to understand these massive stars", says astronomer Abigail Frost (KU Leuven). Using the technique of interferometry she manages to observe these rare and very distant stars. 🔭
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