The filaments have widths that suggest they are formed as shockwaves from exploding stars travel through the medium, sweeping up and compressing the interstellar dust and gas.

丝状尘埃云的宽度暗示它们是形成自一些通过中等大小正在收缩的星际尘埃和气体的恒星然后爆发后的激波而成。

youdao

The new modeling finds that a supernova, or exploding star, could indeed have triggered birth of our sun in a dense cloud of gas and dust, the researchers say.

研究人员称，最近的这次模拟发现，一颗超新星（爆炸中的恒星）的确有可能导致太阳在一团浓密的气体与尘埃中诞生。

youdao

There was one specific problem with aluminium dust exploding for example.

FORBES: The Complaints About Foxconn's Employment Practices Are Becoming Pathetic

Dust exploding as thousands of wildebeest thunder across the plains.

BBC: The Serengeti in the off-season

This says that the exploding material (whatever it may be) races outwards and collides with interstellar dust and gas, producing radiation.

ECONOMIST: A symphony in gamma major