A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) findings offer new insight into how galaxies "breathe," grow and recycle the raw materials that fuel future generations of stars.

"Before this study, there had not been a direct detection of dust on such a large scale," lead author Sylvain Veilleux, an astronomy professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, said in a statement. "Webb was the key that made it happen."

The dust originates from the distant galaxy Makani (Hawaiian for "wind"; officially SDSS J211824.06+001729.4), a compact but massive galaxy that recently un

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