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Far-infrared light, associated with longer wavelengths than what even the James Webb Space Telescope can see, is emitted by cosmic dust that has absorbed starlight.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Every April, as winter’s grip finally loosens and the nights grow a little warmer, Earth drifts through a centuries-old cloud of cosmic dust.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
From studies on the biggest and brightest galaxies, to the most distant, active supermassive black holes, and even analysis on cosmic dust and stellar evolution, JWST has contributed to many new perspectives on the early universe during its first two years of observation.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Observing with X-rays, which can penetrate cosmic dust, offers a way around this problem.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Every April, as winter’s grip finally loosens and the nights grow a little warmer, Earth drifts through a centuries-old cloud of cosmic dust.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
From studies on the biggest and brightest galaxies, to the most distant, active supermassive black holes, and even analysis on cosmic dust and stellar evolution, JWST has contributed to many new perspectives on the early universe during its first two years of observation.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Observing with X-rays, which can penetrate cosmic dust, offers a way around this problem.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
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“Cosmic dust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic%20dust. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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