... Credit Copyright: David Lane Explanation: The well known Pleiades star cluster is slowly destroying part of a passing cloud of gas and dust . ... The passing young dust cloud is thought to be part of Gould's belt , an unusual ring of young star formation surrounding the Sun in the local Milky Way Galaxy . ... Pressure from the star's light significantly repels the dust in the surrounding blue reflection nebula, with smaller dust particles being repelled more strongly. ... Dust of the Orion Nebula . ...