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This plot captured by NASA\'s Spitzer Space Telescope reveals dust contained in the winds rushing away from a quasar. The strongest features are from the mineral amorphous olivine, or glass (purple); the mineral forsterite found in sand (blue); and the mineral corundum found in rubies (light blue). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Manchester

This plot captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals dust contained in the winds rushing away from a quasar. The strongest features are from the mineral amorphous olivine, or glass (purple); the mineral forsterite found in sand (blue); and the mineral corundum found in rubies (light blue). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Manchester

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