cosmic dust
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Its highly sensitive infrared instruments can detect faint galaxies that earlier telescopes could not see, allowing astronomers to peer farther back in time and through thick clouds of cosmic dust.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Inside a specially designed chamber, the researchers recreated the harsh environment found in vast clouds of cosmic dust located thousands of light-years from Earth.
From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026
Most of the emitted light, for example visible light and X-ray, get blocked by thick layers of cosmic dust and can’t pass through the accretion disk around them.
From Space Scoop • Mar. 27, 2025
Unlike visible light, radio waves from hot gasses are not blocked that easily by cosmic dust.
From Space Scoop • Mar. 27, 2025
Sixty brave men were dancing motes of cosmic dust before the shocked commander could sound the recall.
From When the Sleepers Woke by Zagat, Arthur Leo
