cosmic debris
Interstellar floating matter
Cosmic debris is matter scattered through space—dust, rock fragments, meteoroids, and remnants of comets, asteroids, or destroyed celestial bodies.
The term appears in astronomy and astrophysics: The satellite was damaged by cosmic debris.
Figuratively, it can suggest insignificance against the vastness of the universe, or the scattered remnants of something once whole.
- stardustInterstellar particulate matter
- space dustMicroscopic matter in vacuum
- cometIcy orbiting body
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
- meteoroidSmall body in space
meteor shower · falling star · presolar grains · interstellar dust · supernova remnant · micrometeorite · Frank Zappa · ablation · planetesimal · space rock · water ice · deep space · outer space · primordial · fragments · remnants · trail · solar wind
cosmic debriscelestial body
Natural space object
planet · star · solar system · galaxy · moon
cosmic debrisstar
Luminous astronomical object
sun · supergiant · black hole · quasar · galaxy