New data from JWST reveal icy dust in a galaxy far away, seen at a time when it was 5 billion years younger than it is now. This dust is surprisingly similar to dust we see in the Milky Way, which gives a tantalizing hint about what star and planetary formation could have been like much earlier in the Universe. When you consider that the Solar System started forming about 4.5 billion years ago, it indicates that similar planetary systems could be forming there too.

Peeking Through Space Dust to See How the Ancient Universe Formed

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discover composition of ice on dust particles from the ancient universe, helping to understand formation of galaxies

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