nebula
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About 1,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, the nebula surrounds a hidden central star buried within a thick blanket of dust, resembling a glowing "yolk" inside a dark "egg white."
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026
The collisions carve and sculpt the nebula, creating its intricate and textured appearance.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
The new data also highlights a clear transition from the hottest gas near the center to much cooler material farther out, as the nebula continues to expand away from its central star.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
During this mission, the instrument also collected data from the Crab pulsar and its surrounding wind nebula, one of the brightest and most stable sources of X-rays in the sky.
From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025
And some worlds will look out onto a vast gaseous nebula, the remains of an ordinary star that once was and is no longer.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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