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Cosmic dust

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Tiny dust floats in space.

Horsehead-Hubble.jpg
Horsehead-Hubble.jpg
It is very small. Some falls to Earth. It helps make new stars. It can even make planets. It is all around us. Can you find it?
Three Bands of Light.jpg
Three Bands of Light.jpg

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File:Porous chondriteIDP.jpg
Porous chondriteIDP.jpg
File:Artist’s impression of dust formation around a supernova explosion.jpg
Artist’s impression of dust formation...
File:Three Bands of Light.jpg
Three Bands of Light.jpg
File:Andromeda galaxy Ssc2005-20a1.jpg
Andromeda galaxy Ssc2005-20a1.jpg
File:Horsehead-Hubble.jpg
Horsehead-Hubble.jpg
File:Webb inspects dusty debris disc around Fomalhaut (weic2312a).jpg
Webb inspects dusty debris disc around...
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File:Smooth chondriteIDP.jpg
Smooth chondriteIDP.jpg
File:IDPmajorelements.png
IDPmajorelements.png
File:Galaxy JADES-GS-z6 in the GOODS-S field- JADES (NIRCam image) (53057957393).jpg
Galaxy JADES-GS-z6 in the GOODS-S field-...
File:Grapsdustytrail.jpg
Grapsdustytrail.jpg
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Dark Shark.png
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