Solar System dust includes comet dust, planetary dust (like from Mars), asteroidal dust, dust from the Kuiper belt, and interstellar dust passing through...

An Interstellar Cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies. Put differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average...

of electromagnetic radiation by dust and gas between an emitting astronomical object and the observer. Interstellar extinction was first documented as...

gas in ionic, atomic, and molecular form, as well as dust and cosmic rays. It fills interstellar space and blends smoothly into the surrounding intergalactic...

Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill...

the emission at infrared wavelengths originates from interstellar dust. This interstellar dust is found primarily within the galaxy's spiral arms, and...

August 2014, scientists announced the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Stardust capsule returned to Earth in 2006. Beginning...

complex molecules in the interstellar clouds, and provides the possibility to study dense clouds, which are obscured by the dust they contain. The •HO molecule...

Phaeton's dust environment during the encounter and will analyze interstellar and interplanetary dust on cruise to Phaethon The Interstellar Dust Experiment...

harvested from the interstellar medium, or projected over immense distances. A knowledge of the properties of the interstellar gas and dust through which the...

"later-generation" dust. The zodiacal dust in the Solar System is 99.9% later-generation dust and 0.1% intruding interstellar medium dust. All primordial...

– from kilometer large objects down to submicron particles. Also, interstellar dust and meteoroids carry with them valuable information from their parent...

either having been detected in those years probably as absorption by interstellar dust made them fainter. The remnant of Kepler's supernova is considered...

confirms Kapteyn's theory of interstellar gas 1912 — Slipher confirms interstellar dust 1927 — Ira Bowen explains unidentified spectral lines from space as...

The Siberian Traps eruptions released sulphur-rich volatiles that caused dust clouds and the formation of acid aerosols, which would have blocked out sunlight...

The star's remnants, carbon-rich "dust" similar to graphite, therefore become part of the interstellar dust. This dust is believed to be a significant factor...

solid planetary bodies, and vast dust storms can occur on Mars which cover almost the entire planet. Interstellar dust is found between the stars, and...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a heliophysics mission that will simultaneously investigate two important and coupled science...

In astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of interstellar dust which might reflect the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby stars...

emission or reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains in the coldest, densest parts of molecular clouds. Clusters...

NASA's IMAP probe will launch toward lagrange point 1 to collect interstellar dust and investigate space weather. The Venus Life Finder spacecraft is...

samples from the comet's coma, which were returned to Earth along with interstellar dust it collected during the journey. Seventy-two close-up shots were taken...

A dust lane consists of relatively dense, obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, observed as a dark swath against the background of brighter object(s)...

The Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC), also known as the Local Fluff, is an interstellar cloud roughly 30 light-years (9.2 pc) across, through which the...

extraterrestrial origins (pseudo-panspermia), with organic molecules formed in interstellar dust clouds raining down on to the planet. An organic compound is a chemical...

hence the meteorites and interstellar dust particles which fall to the Earth by the ton every day. The sparseness of interstellar and interplanetary space...

of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by...

hold 108–1012 per m3. A number of molecules exist in interstellar space, as tiny as 0.1 μm dust particles. The tally of molecules discovered through radio...

the band, such as the Great Rift and the Coalsack, are areas where interstellar dust blocks light from distant stars. Peoples of the southern hemisphere...

ʻOumuamua is the first interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Robert Weryk...