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cosmic dust

NOUN
small particles of matter found in outer space
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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

A study published on November 6 in Science shows that identifying where this cosmic dust appears, and where it is missing, offers clues about how sea ice coverage has changed over thousands of years.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025

Unlike visible light, radio waves from hot gasses are not blocked that easily by cosmic dust.

From Space Scoop • Mar. 27, 2025

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

Here, against the misty-pale swirls of cosmic dust, they burned with color heaped on color; the bloody burning crimson of Antares, the metallic gold of Capella, the sullen pulsing of Betelgeuse.

From The Colors of Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer



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