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nebula

[neb-yuh-luh] / ˈnɛb yə lə /
NOUN
cloud of gas
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It is the first, youngest, and closest pre-planetary nebula ever identified.

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

Using X-ray observations from the XMM-Newton space telescope, DiKerby identified a pulsar wind nebula -- an expanding region filled with energetic electrons and particles receiving energy from a pulsar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 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

To their surprise, they found an intense and previously unreported source that seemed to correspond to no prominent star, nebula or galaxy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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