Oct 15, 2020 · One striking example of this that has seems counter-intuitive, is the angular size displayed for the black hole "Gargantua" in the movie Interstellar. The characters in the movie …

Jun 2, 2016 · But since the interstellar medium (ISM) is so dilute, a normal thermometer will radiate energy away faster than it can absorb it, and thus it won't reach thermal equilibrium …

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 …

Mar 15, 2021 · While it’s true that 98% of the interstellar gas is hydrogen and helium, dust is composed of the last 2%. That is, iron, carbon, silicon, oxygen, etc. 🚫 Finally, while it’s true that …

Aug 11, 2024 · Also, can there be electrons that have sufficiently slow velocities to be gravitationally bound to their host galaxies as well? Finally, as the interstellar gas/plasma …

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 …

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 …

Aug 4, 2024 · $\begingroup$ Anything from interstellar space would be unbound, even if it was initially moving very slowly relative to the Sun. All such objects would have total energy >0 …

Oct 15, 2018 · An interstellar cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies. Put differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average region of the …

Feb 17, 2020 · Yes. the emissions from a pulsar do interact with interstellar medium - this effect is called dispersion. When the emission from the pulsar hits free electrons (and dust) in the …