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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.

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