Richard Vaughan+FollowUniverse’s Dust Recipe: Iron, Not Silicon?!Astronomers just found out the early universe made cosmic dust without silicon—using iron instead! This is like baking pancakes without flour and still getting pancakes. Thanks to the JWST, they spotted a star in a nearby galaxy (Sextans A) surrounded by iron dust, which totally flips what we thought we knew about how planets and galaxies form. Oh, and they found some wild organic molecules too. Space is full of surprises! #Science #JWST #SpaceDiscovery00Share
Michelle York+FollowMeet the Universe’s Platypus GalaxiesJWST just spotted galaxies so weird, scientists are calling them “platypus galaxies.” These cosmic oddballs are tiny, super old, and don’t fit into any known category—think space’s version of a platypus: all the wrong parts, but somehow real! If these are actually a new kind of galaxy, we might have to rethink how the universe started building itself. Wild, right? Stay tuned for more cosmic surprises! #Science #JWST #space00Share
