space dust
Interstellar microscopic debris
Space dust is the fine particulate matter drifting through outer space—microscopic grains of rock, metal, and ice from comets, asteroids, and dead stars.
Tons of it settle on Earth daily.
The term sometimes appears in drug slang for PCP or other powdered substances, and in candy marketing for fizzy popping granules.
Interstellar particulate matter
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- galacticRelating to stellar systems
- celestialOf the sky above
cosmic rays · star formation · supernova · accretion · stellar wind · solar system · interplanetary · astrophysics
Small hard seeds
- silicatesSilicon-oxygen bonded minerals
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- carbonaceousContaining or composed of carbon
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
micrometeorites · regolith · minerals · amorphous · crystals · organic compounds · presolar grains · IDPs
Visible meteors entering atmosphere
- meteor showersVisible atmospheric debris streams
- meteoroidsSmall interplanetary rocky bodies
- meteoritesExtraterrestrial rocks on Earth
- fireballsBrilliant burning meteors
bolides · Perseids · Geminids · airburst · cratering · micrometeorites · skywatching · streaks
Rear animal appendage
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- HalleyAstronomer's surname, comet fame
ejecta · sublimation · outgassing · Rosetta · dirty snowball · perihelion · solar wind · trans-Neptunian
stardust
Interstellar particulate matter
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- galacticRelating to stellar systems
celestial · cosmic rays · star formation · supernova · accretion · stellar wind · solar system · interplanetary · astrophysics · telescope
grains
Small hard seeds
- silicatesSilicon-oxygen bonded minerals
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- carbonaceousContaining or composed of carbon
nanoparticles · micrometeorites · regolith · minerals · amorphous · crystals · organic compounds · presolar grains · IDPs
shooting stars
Visible meteors entering atmosphere
- meteor showersVisible atmospheric debris streams
- meteoroidsSmall interplanetary rocky bodies
- meteoritesExtraterrestrial rocks on Earth
fireballs · bolides · Perseids · Geminids · airburst · cratering · micrometeorites · skywatching · streaks · ablation
tail
Rear animal appendage
Halley · ejecta · sublimation · outgassing · Rosetta · dirty snowball · perihelion · solar wind · trans-Neptunian · debris trail
- cosmic duststardust, presolar grains
- cosmosuniverse, galaxies, galaxy, stars, star
- spacesun, moon, stars, star, Earth
- cosmic matterstars, galaxies, dark matter, planets, asteroids
- Powdered CandyFun Dip, dipping sticks
- space materialsmeteorites, moon rocks, lunar samples, stardust, micrometeorites
space, dust, spaceship, spaced, spaces, spacing, spacecraft, cyberspace, spaceman