Interstellar matter

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• Interstellar medium — Interstellar redirects here. For other uses, see Interstellar (disambiguation). The distribution of ionized hydrogen (known by astronomers as H II from old spectroscopic terminology) in the parts of the Galactic interstellar medium visible… …   Wikipedia

• interstellar medium — Content of the region between the stars, including vast, diffuse clouds of gases and minute solid particles. Such tenuous matter in the Milky Way Galaxy accounts for about 5% of its total mass. By no means a complete vacuum, the interstellar… …   Universalium

• interstellar — /ˈɪntəstɛlə/ (say intuhsteluh) adjective between the stars; intersidereal: interstellar matter …  

• Interstellar communication — is the transmission of signals between planetary systems. Interstellar communication is potentially much easier than interstellar travel, being possible with technologies and equipment which are currently available. However, successful… …   Wikipedia

• Interstellar cloud — is the generic name given to an accumulation of gas, plasma and dust in our and other galaxies. Put differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser than average region of the interstellar medium. Depending on the density, size and temperature of a …   Wikipedia

• Interstellar travel — Montage of fusion powered rocket concepts from 1987–2004, which could form the basis for an interstellar vehicle. Included are: VISTA (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories,1987), Discovery II (NASA/GRC, 2002), Human Outer Planet Exploration… …   Wikipedia

• Interstellar reddening — In astronomy, interstellar reddening is a phenomenon associated with interstellar extinction where the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source changes characteristics from that which was emitted. Reddening occurs due to the… …   Wikipedia

• Interstellar teleporter — An interstellar teleporter is a hypothetical technology appearing in science fiction, typically in hard sci fi, which teleports people and/or other objects over interstellar distances instantaneously. In some cases the matter of the physical… …   Wikipedia

• Diffuse interstellar band — Relative strengths of observed diffuse interstellar bands Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption features seen in the spectra of astronomical objects in our galaxy. They are caused by the absorption of light by the interstellar medium.… …   Wikipedia

• Dark matter — Not to be confused with antimatter, dark energy, dark fluid or dark flow. For other uses, see Dark Matter (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Dark matter halo — Simulated dark matter halo from a cosmological N body simulation A dark matter halo is a hypothetical component of a galaxy, which extends beyond the edge of the visible galaxy and dominates the total mass. Since they consist of dark matter,… …   Wikipedia