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The 111 pages that link to Interstellar medium, each with the reason it gives.

• Star formationNarrower topic: Star formation transforms dense portions of this galactic material into stars.

• Stellar nucleosynthesisRelated: Stellar winds and explosions return synthesized elements to this material.

• Molecular cloudNarrower topic: Molecular clouds are its cold, dense component.

• Stellar windNarrower topic: Stellar winds inject material and energy into this galactic environment.

• Protoplanetary diskNarrower topic: A young star and its disk form from collapsing interstellar material.

• H II regionNarrower topic: H II regions are structured parts of this broader material.

• Solar windNarrower topic: The solar wind eventually meets this surrounding material at the heliosphere’s outer boundary.

• MetallicityRelated: It receives stellar ejecta and supplies chemically enriched material for later generations of stars.

• Supernova remnantRelated: Its density and composition shape the remnant’s expansion and appearance.

• Interstellar dustNarrower topic: Interstellar dust is the solid component of this broader galactic environment.

• Interstellar extinctionNarrower topic: Extinction research emerged from recognizing this material as an active influence on starlight.

• Planetary nebulaRelated: The expanding shell eventually mixes into its surrounding galactic environment.

• Elliptical galaxyRelated: Its relative scarcity helps explain why most ellipticals form few new stars.

• Galaxy evolutionRelated: Its phases supply star-forming material and respond to feedback.

• GalaxyBroader topic: This material provides the raw matter from which new stars form.

• Spiral galaxyBroader topic: Its clouds provide the raw material compressed into star-forming spiral arms.

• Stellar feedbackNarrower topic: It is the material into which stellar feedback deposits energy and matter.

• Voyager 1Narrower topic: Voyager 1's instruments now measure particles and fields in this environment beyond the heliopause.

• Asymptotic giant branchNarrower topic: Ejected branch-star material returns processed elements and dust to this medium.

• Galaxy formation and evolutionRelated: Its phases exchange material as stars form, evolve, and return gas.

• Voyager programRelated: Voyager instruments now sample plasma and particles in this region beyond the heliopause.

• Molecular hydrogenNarrower topic: Molecular hydrogen forms and persists within this broader material between stars.

• Ultraviolet astronomyRelated: Ultraviolet absorption lines trace its composition, temperature, and structure.

• Galactic bulgeRelated: Its material can accumulate in bulges and fuel star formation or central activity.

• Galactic diskNarrower topic: The disk contains much of a galaxy’s cold, star-forming interstellar material.

• Planet formationNarrower topic: Its material supplies the raw ingredients inherited by planet-forming disks.

• HeliosphereRelated: Its pressure and magnetic field interact with the solar wind at the heliopause.

• Solar nebulaNarrower topic: The solar nebula formed from material drawn from this larger galactic reservoir.

• Emission nebulaNarrower topic: An emission nebula is a bright, ionized structure within this broader material.

• Galactic chemical evolutionRelated: It receives stellar ejecta and supplies material for later generations of stars.

• Galactic CenterNarrower topic: Its gas and dust shape the material and visibility of the central environment.

• Herbig–Haro objectNarrower topic: Jet collisions with this surrounding material generate the nebular emission.

• Intergalactic mediumCompared with: It is denser and more closely tied to star formation than the intergalactic medium.

• Dwarf galaxyRelated: Its presence or loss helps separate gas-rich irregular dwarfs from gas-poor spheroidals.

• NebulaNarrower topic: Nebulae are denser regions within this diffuse galactic material.

• Galactic coordinate systemRelated: Its disk-wide distribution is often mapped against Galactic longitude and latitude.

• Galactic windNarrower topic: It supplies much of the material swept up and heated by galactic winds.

• Spiral armRelated: Its clouds and dust lanes trace material concentrated in spiral arms.

• Herschel Space ObservatoryNarrower topic: Herschel surveyed its cold components, which provide the raw material for stellar systems.

• Nebular hypothesisNarrower topic: The Solar System's precursor cloud was part of this broader material environment.

• AstrochemistryNarrower topic: Its diffuse gas and dust provide the setting for much astrochemical activity.

• Dispersion measureNarrower topic: Its free electrons contribute to the Galactic portion of a measured dispersion measure.

• Irregular galaxyRelated: Its clouds provide the material for the vigorous star formation seen in many irregulars.

• Magellanic CloudsRelated: Their abundant gas supplies material for ongoing star formation.

• Stellar metallicityRelated: Its enrichment sets the material from which stars inherit their initial composition.

• Carbon starNarrower topic: Carbon-star winds return nucleosynthesis products to the material from which future stars form.

• Cassiopeia ANarrower topic: Cassiopeia A’s expanding shock sweeps up and heats this surrounding material.

• Circumstellar envelopeNarrower topic: An expanding envelope eventually mixes into the surrounding interstellar medium.

• Cosmic dustNarrower topic: Cosmic dust is a small but consequential solid component of this material.

• Dark nebulaNarrower topic: Dark nebulae are dense structures embedded in this galactic material.