Is it possible for a meteor the size of the moon to enter our solar ...
Jun 14, 2025 · And to answer the question about an interstellar "meteor the size of the Moon", that is even more impossibler than an interstellar "meteoroid the size of the Moon". A meteor is not a solid …
Is the angular size of the black hole in the movie "interstellar ...
Oct 15, 2020 · 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 …
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 …
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 …
Why does rotation prevent the further contraction of the cloud?
Apr 16, 2021 · Which bring the question of why does rotation prevent the further contraction of the cloud? Doesn't the rotation create a centripetal force that pointed inside, thus make the matters …
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 …
solar system - In theory, could an object like 'Oumuamua have been ...
Aug 24, 2024 · Maybe, but the probability is very low. There are excellent answers at the recent related question, Can it be predicted if an Interstellar Object will get bound to the solar system by knowing its …
What is a "Gentle Giant" Black Hole? - Astronomy Stack Exchange
Sep 12, 2023 · A similar phrase, "gentle singularity," is used in the movie Interstellar. There has been some discussion about that, in which the consensus seems to be that the size of a supermassive …
Sources of Turbulence in the ISM - Astronomy Stack Exchange
Oct 21, 2013 · What sources of turbulence exist within the Interstellar medium (ISM)? Which ones are physically the most important for newly forming stellar systems?
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 …