# Dust and Us ![dust.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9076/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/dust.png?itok=ScyRWkCm) "Dust & Us" is a brief tour of the dark regions in galaxies that form stars and planets. This tour gives a new perspective on how important dust, which we normally think of as a nuisance, is to creating planets like the one upon which we live. For more information and video clips related to this tour, go to the PBS NOVA [Dust and Us Site](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wwt/dust.html) which has interactives and video clips chosen in collaboration with WorldWide Telescope (WWT) scientists to provide background information for the Dust & Us tour. #### Credits Alyssa Goodman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The full version of this tour can be downloaded here (by right-clicking) and viewed in the desktop version of WorldWide Telescope. --- Attachments- [ file\_download dust\_and\_us.wtt ](/sites/g/files/omnuum9076/files/wwtambassadors/files/dust_and_us_0.wtt) --- See also:- [ Tour ](/audience/tour) - [ Tour ](/wwt1/tours) - [ Objects in the Sky ](/tour-content-area/objects-sky) - [ Stars of All Ages ](/tour-content-area/stars-all-ages) - [ Between the Stars - Gas and Dust ](/tour-content-area/between-stars-gas-and-dust) - [ Galaxies ](/tour-content-area/galaxies) - [ Exotic Objects ](/tour-content-area/exotic-objects) - [ Astrophysical Concepts ](/tour-content-area/astrophysical-concepts) - [ Electromagnetic Radiation ](/tour-content-area/electromagnetic-radiation) - [ Scales in the Universe ](/tour-content-area/scales-universe) - [ Changes with Time ](/tour-content-area/changes-time) - [ Scientific Practices ](/tour-content-area/scientific-practices) - [ Constructing Explanations ](/tour-content-area/constructing-explanations-0) - [ Popular Interests ](/tour-content-area/popular-interests) - [ Beauty in the Night Sky ](/tour-content-area/beauty-night-sky) - [ Night Sky Observing ](/tour-content-area/night-sky-observing) - [ Constellations ](/tour-content-area/constellations) - [ Finding Objects in the Sky ](/tour-content-area/finding-objects-sky) - [ Telescopes and Technology ](/tour-content-area/telescopes-and-technology) - [ Suggested Audience ](/tour-content-area/suggested-audience) - [ Middle School ](/tour-content-area/middle-school) - [ High School ](/tour-content-area/high-school) - [ General Audience ](/tour-content-area/general-audience)