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nebula

[neb-yuh-luh] / ˈnɛb yə lə /
NOUN
cloud of gas
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Together, these particles create a huge cloud of high-energy material called a magnetar wind nebula.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are providing a clearer look at a mysterious and rarely studied nebula surrounding a dying star.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 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

The nebula spans an area of the sky roughly four times larger than a full Moon and seems to be chasing a glowing patch of light above it, as if in pursuit of cosmic prey.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 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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