SN 2018bsz: significant dust formation in a nearby superluminous supernova
The episode discusses a study of SN 2018bsz, a super-luminous supernova that faded from optical view but showed strong infrared excess. Researchers concluded that this event formed approximately 5 imes 10-4 solar masses of carbon dust at 230 days post-peak. This finding suggests that these massive explosions are significantly more efficient dust producers than typical core-collapse supernovae.