stardust

noun6

1. •
   Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.

   • We are all made of stardust.
2. •
   (figurative) An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour, especially that possessed by a celebrity.
3. •
   (figurative) An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes, supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though this might not actually be warranted.

   • My sister’s eyes were full of stardust – she’d spend hours lazily planning her future life when she would make her big break in the movies.
4. •
   (figurative) Something imaginary or lacking substance.

   • His [Sickert's] paint has a tangible quality; it is made not of air and star-dust but of oil and earth. — 1934
5. •
   (informal, old-fashioned) A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.
6. •
   (no longer used) Small fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface originating from meteorites; meteor dust.