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These images feature zodiacal light — the faint, diffuse glow created by sunlight scattering off dust particles in space.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 15 May 2025
But to come to conclusions about the transition between solar corona, the solar wind and the heliosphere, scientists need to isolate extremely faint features within all the solar material — and to isolate those features, there can't be any interference like background stars or zodiacal light.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The zodiacal light is a phenomenon that can occur just after sunset or before sunrise, where tiny particles of dust in the atmosphere scatter the sunlight to create the band of hazy blue light glowing in the sky.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
That’s really faint, but in certain circumstances the zodiacal light can still be visible to the unaided eye from very dark sites.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 15 May 2025
But to come to conclusions about the transition between solar corona, the solar wind and the heliosphere, scientists need to isolate extremely faint features within all the solar material — and to isolate those features, there can't be any interference like background stars or zodiacal light.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The zodiacal light is a phenomenon that can occur just after sunset or before sunrise, where tiny particles of dust in the atmosphere scatter the sunlight to create the band of hazy blue light glowing in the sky.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
That’s really faint, but in certain circumstances the zodiacal light can still be visible to the unaided eye from very dark sites.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Zodiacal light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zodiacal%20light. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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