... It has been known since 1983 that the star Beta Pictoris is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. ... Because the dust has had enough time to settle into a flat plane, the disk may be older than some previous estimates. ...
... Previously, the cluster of galaxies known as Abell 3627 was largely unstudied because dust in the disk of our own Galaxy obscured much of its light. ...
... Previously, this cluster of galaxies , also known as the Norma Cluster, was largely unstudied because dust in the disk of our own Galaxy obscured much of its light. ...
... Hinting at a disorderly past, a remarkable dust lane runs straight through the disk, below and right of the galactic center, contrary to M81's other prominent spiral features. ...
... Our Galaxy is evidenced by the bright band of light that crossed the middle of the image, created mostly by dust that laces the disk of our Milky Way . ...
... Reasons for the Sombrero 's hat -like appearance include an unusually large and extended central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk that we see nearly edge-on . ...
... Reasons for the Sombrero 's hat -like appearance include an unusually large and extended central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk that we see nearly edge-on . ...
... Like the much closer and brighter Sculptor galaxy NGC 253 , tendrils of dust appear to rise from a galactic disk sprinkled with blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions. ...