Interstellar dust: Difference between revisions

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interstellar dust

(Also called cosmic dust.) Small, solid particles in the supposedly empty space between stars.

Dark blotches in the Milky Way are not due to the absence of stars but rather to attenuation of starlight by interstellar dust.
Compare interplanetary dust.

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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' cosmic dust.) Small, solid [[particles]] in the supposedly empty space  between stars.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Dark blotches in the Milky Way are not due to the absence of stars but rather to [[attenuation]]  of starlight by interstellar dust. <br/>''Compare'' [[interplanetary dust]].</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' cosmic dust.) Small, solid [[particles]] in the supposedly empty space  between stars.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Dark blotches in the Milky Way are not due to the absence of stars but rather to [[attenuation]]  of starlight by interstellar dust. <br/>''Compare'' [[interplanetary dust]].</div><br/> </div>
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