Resumen de Cosmic litterbugs

Haley Gomez

• The last few decades have revealed surprising discoveries about the nature and origin of cosmic dust. Astronomers now recognise the im portance of this subject, but many questions still remain, in particular, where does it come from? We discuss the most recent advances in this field and the observations, which have revolutionised our theories and also highlighted limitations in our understanding. Here we also present some of the recent observations on the controversial theory that exploding stars are responsible for littering our universe with stardust. We are now on the cusp of a new era of understanding in this controversial subject.