Scientists Suddenly Can't Explain How Stellar Winds Spread the Seeds of Life Throughout the Cosmos

Scientists Suddenly Can't Explain How Stellar Winds Spread the Seeds of Life Throughout the Cosmos

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Stardust study resets how life’s atoms spread through space

Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That’s the conclusion of a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, of red giant star R Doradus. The result overturns a long-held idea about how the atoms needed for life are spread. “We thought we had a good idea of how the process worked. It turns out we were wrong. For us as scientists…