Whether supernovae create most of the dust in the cosmos is a controversial question. Observations of a distant supernova have revealed signs of freshly formed dust, but the properties of the dust are unexpected. See Letter p.326
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X-ray: NASA/CXC/R. Milit. Coll. Canada/P. Chandra et al.; Optical: NASA/STSCI
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Gomez, H. Survival of the largest. Nature 511, 296–297 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13640
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