Concept
Zodiacal Dust
The dust cloud lit up as zodiacal light.
Interplanetary dust concentrated near the ecliptic plane, scattering sunlight to produce the zodiacal glow.
Overview
Interplanetary dust concentrated near the ecliptic plane, scattering sunlight to produce the zodiacal glow.
See also
Cold Neutral Medium
Cool, denser neutral hydrogen clouds.
Spectral Line
A fingerprint of an atom or molecule in light.
Dark Matter Halo
A galaxy's enveloping cloud of invisible matter.
The Big Bang
How everything began, 13.8 billion years ago.
Black Holes
Regions where gravity stops light itself.
Dark Matter
The invisible mass holding galaxies together.