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 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 perfectly in time for Halloween, they captured a spooky, red-glowing nebula that looks just like a bat signal shining across the universe!
From Space Scoop • Oct. 31, 2025
The Andromeda nebula, M31, was a prominent example.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025
A Level Three Awkward Silence began to coalesce around us, like interstellar hydrogen pulled together by gravity to form a new nebula.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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Oh, My Stars! The Language of Outer Space
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