The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.

"The data suggests that at the level of our area of focus, the dust cleared ... traditional cloud-seeding aircraft with repurposed spraying equipment. The dry ice — solidified carbon dioxide ...

dust or ice nuclei, floating in the atmosphere. When the tiny water droplets or ice crystals that develop become too heavy, they fall to the Earth in the form of precipitation. Cloud seeding is ...