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  1. Is the angular size of the black hole in the movie "interstellar ...

    Oct 15, 2020 · I assume everybody is tired of reading questions derived from the movie Interstellar, I will try to keep this short and simple: In general in movies, in order to have stunning visuals, celestial …

  2. What are the differences between Intergalactic Medium, Interstellar ...

    Oct 29, 2021 · The interstellar medium (ISM) is, as you say, the gas (and dust) in between the stars, within a galaxy. It consists of molecular, neutral and ionized gas, with densities ranging from $\sim …

  3. How cold is interstellar space? - Astronomy Stack Exchange

    Jun 2, 2016 · The density of the interstellar medium is so very, very low that radiation losses completely dominate over conduction from the medium. The interstellar medium can be very hot precisely …

  4. terminology - Is "intrastellar" commonly used by astronomers to refer ...

    Quick checks of a few of them show a mixture of simple typos (i.e., "intrastellar" used when "interstellar" is clearly meant), awkward/failed attempts at synonyms for "intracluster stellar light", and actually …

  5. the sun - How did the Local Interstellar Cloud form? - Astronomy Stack ...

    Jul 20, 2024 · The Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC) is a low-density interstellar cloud which embed the Sun and other stars. How did this region form? I suppose a supernova or stellar winds from multiple stars …

  6. interstellar medium - What is the word for space that is in the solar ...

    Jun 27, 2016 · We distinguish space by its contents; the space within the heliosphere is called the interplanetary medium (it contains solar plasma, dust, etc.), while the interstellar medium comprises …

  7. Nomenclature of Interstellar Objects and Stars

    May 4, 2021 · One type is diffuse nebulae, which are "clouds" of gas and dust in interstellar space, often many light years across. They include emission nebulae which are heated by stars and so emit light, …

  8. interstellar medium - Why does dust affect UV light more severe than it ...

    7 My supervisor told me that the UV photons emitted from AGN are heavily affected by ISM (dust extinction), but not X-rays, as described in Extinction - a powerful discriminator of dust size. Since X …

  9. Why does rotation prevent the further contraction of the cloud?

    Apr 16, 2021 · Which bring the question of why does rotation prevent the further contraction of the cloud? Doesn't the rotation create a centripetal force that pointed inside, thus make the matters …

  10. What "long chain of carbon chemistry" in the interstellar medium ...

    Oct 29, 2020 · From that, I conclude that Cyclopropenylidene in the ISM (interstellar medium) is also a product of a long chain of carbon chemistry. Question: What "long chain of carbon chemistry" in the …