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miasmas

noun

variants also miasmata

plural of miasma

as in clouds

a vapor of something unpleasant or unhealthy A miasma of smog settled over the city. a miasma of foul-smelling smoke

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Its clouds of gas and dust form a physical shape resembling an unopened, blooming rosebud, glowing rosy-pink from dust heated by these stars.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The Nobel committee said IceCube would take neutrino astronomy to a new level, providing information about cosmic phenomena that are hidden behind dust clouds and distant space objects such as black holes.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

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