Title: "Could interstellar matter/nebulae have more heavier elements if they're simply too cold to appear on spectroscopy (see description)?"

This is basically just a 'true or false' affirmation question. But first, some important considerations:

  1. Very cold matter usually becomes super conductive. Not so much for most lighter elements, though.
  2. Matter in deep space is usually very cold. Any heavier elements would be at superconducting temperatures, therefore.
  3. Superconductors generally absorb less high frequency radiation. They do absorb particular ranges of lower frequency radiation, though.
  4. Since superconductors (in general) absorb radiation in a range from low-infrared to high-microwave (the "energy gap" range), a spectroscopic gap would be visible. However, because most star radiation spikes in the visible light range-to-UV range, the Tyndall effect may offset what we observe, over distance. This may compensate for some of the energy gap spectroscopic "darkness". Please confirm.
  5. However, we also observe a spike in electromagnetic radiation just past the energy gap frequency range. Could this be caused by interpreting a resumption of "normal" readings of universal ambient radiation in the frequency range beyond the energy gap? Read: Is this notion merely plausible?

Note: This question is NOT "open ended" nor "subjective". It is a simple affirmation question. PLEASE refrain from downvoting if you find the topic matter simply 'disagreeable'... you know who you are!

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Pub: 01 Jun 2025 11:51 UTC
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