"Interstellar Dust"

#12429987

31 May 2025

A view of a star cluster is seen from Darajat Pass, Pasirwangi Subdistrict, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia, at dawn on May 31, 2025.

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#12429988

31 May 2025

A view of a star cluster is seen from Darajat Pass, Pasirwangi Subdistrict, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia, at dawn on May 31, 2025.

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#12429990

31 May 2025

A view of a star cluster is seen from Darajat Pass, Pasirwangi Subdistrict, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia, at dawn on May 31, 2025.

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#12034078

9 February 2025

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This composite image was created by stacking multiple exposures captured using a telescope and a cooled camera.) A view of the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters or Messier 45 (M45).

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#11668661

15 October 2024

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is seen over Torre del Pizzo, in Gallipoli, Italy, on October 15, 2024. The comet's coma, or head, measures around 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) in diameter, with a tail extending 18 million miles (29 million kilometers). It is not expected to return for another 80,000 years.

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#11339183

17 June 2024

The Milky Way is being seen over the Tea Estate in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, on June 17, 2024. The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust, and gas. It is being called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel. The Sun is being located on one of the spiral arms, about 25,000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy.

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#11339184

17 June 2024

The Milky Way is being seen over the Tea Estate in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, on June 17, 2024. The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust, and gas. It is being called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel. The Sun is being located on one of the spiral arms, about 25,000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy.

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#11339185

17 June 2024

The Milky Way is being seen over the Tea Estate in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, on June 17, 2024. The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust, and gas. It is being called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel. The Sun is being located on one of the spiral arms, about 25,000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy.

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#10970882

6 February 2024

A longexposure photo shows Milky Way Galaxy rising behind the waning moon in L'Aquila, Italy, on February 6th, 2024. This phenomenon was visible in the hours before dawn, with the moon in the waning phase at 16.8%. "The Milky Way" is the galaxy where our solar system is located, hosting billions of stars, including our sun. It appears as a luminous band in the night sky, primarily composed of stars, interstellar dust, and gas.

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#10970881

6 February 2024

A longexposure photo shows Milky Way Galaxy rising behind the waning moon in L'Aquila, Italy, on February 6th, 2024. This phenomenon was visible in the hours before dawn, with the moon in the waning phase at 16.8%. "The Milky Way" is the galaxy where our solar system is located, hosting billions of stars, including our sun. It appears as a luminous band in the night sky, primarily composed of stars, interstellar dust, and gas.

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