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What fills the vast, seemingly empty space between the stars? The Interstellar Medium hides answers in plain sight.

Between every star lies a restless ocean of gas, dust, radiation, and unseen forces that quietly shapes the fate of galaxies. This video dives into the Interstellar Medium as a cosmic fog where invisible hydrogen fuels newborn stars, complex molecules assemble against all odds, and magnetic fields quietly steer matter across light-years. Ancient absorption lines whisper of unknown particles, while high-velocity clouds crash through the Milky Way like echoes of past violence. From the spinning dust that glows in microwaves to bubbles blasted from the galactic core, each mystery reveals how chaotic, alive, and unfinished our galaxy truly is. The story stretches from the fragile chemistry that may seed life to the missing matter that refuses to be found. Together these puzzles show that empty space is anything but empty, and that our own origins are tangled within this shifting interstellar web.

Which of these hidden mysteries of the space between stars changes how you see the night sky?