Silicates in Alien Asteroids
This plot of data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescopes shows that asteroid dust around a dead white dwarf star contains silicates -- a common mineral on Earth.
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NASA ID
PIA11736
Date Created
January 5, 2009
Center
JPL
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image
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