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

    Oct 15, 2020 · 3 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. Interstellar Dust properties - Astronomy Stack Exchange

    Mar 15, 2021 · While practicing for an upcoming examination, I ran into this problem: Which of the following best describes dust grains in the interstellar medium: They are a few hundred nanometers …

  3. 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 …

  4. Interstellar movie: What is the "portal" to the other galaxy?

    Jun 2, 2015 · I recently watched Interstellar with some friends and we didn't come to the same conclusion. In my opinion, the portal they use to go to the other galaxy (to visit the three planets) is …

  5. 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 …

  6. How can we know the density of particles in interstellar or ...

    Jul 31, 2021 · The density of material in the interstellar medium is inferred from (i) the electromagnetic radiation it emits; (ii) its effect on electromagnetic radiation passing through it. Often these …

  7. 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 …

  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. Do stars passing through molecular clouds cause lightning by their ...

    Sep 8, 2024 · Can stars passing through molecular clouds or even perhaps golbular clusters doing this, cause lightning in the clouds?

  10. interstellar medium - Why are there no ISM clouds with temperatures ...

    In the interstellar medium, there are several different diffuse phases of gas, distinguished by their density and temperature. Specifically, the cold neutral medium has temperatures from ~50-100 K ...