The intricate whorls and striations of dust that drift between the stars ... exquisite details of the flow and turbulence of the interstellar medium in the vicinity of a star we saw explode ...
"The space between the stars is not empty, but rather filled with filaments of dust and gas (known as the interstellar medium), which is often invisible until something illuminates it," NASA ...
The Webb images show dense sheets of gas and dust stretching across hundreds of astronomical units. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured highly detailed images showing the complex layers ...
The JWST witnessed the reflection of this light pulse as it bounced off the surrounding gas and dust while traveling through the interstellar medium — a phenomenon known as a light echo.