nebula
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Astronomers see no evidence of such a disc, leaving them without the usual explanation for the outflow and the surrounding nebula.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
The dark nebula is made from interstellar dust dense enough to block starlight and is 650 light years away.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Wallace said he had always been a keen photographer and had been on a learning curve with the tech involved in capturing outer space, including galaxies and nebula.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The gas and dust now forming the nebula have been evolving for several thousand years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Her dress was void black, mixed with the colors of a space nebula, as if galaxies were being born in her bodice.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Astronomers are still working to understand why this swept-up gas forms such complicated arrangements of rings and shells, structures that are commonly seen in planetary nebulae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
These glowing structures form two long, narrow nebulae driven by intense activity around a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
That’s why such nebulae are often called stellar nurseries.
From Space Scoop ● Oct. 31, 2025
The telescope’s size let it make images of very faint objects, and its high-quality mirror allowed it to distinguish individual stars in some of the nebulae.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
Some scientists toyed with the idea that the spiral nebulae were not distant island universes but rather nearby condensing clouds of interstellar gas, perhaps on their way to make solar systems.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Another concerns the gaseous nebulas in which the planets and their stars formed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Gorgeous photographs of swirling galaxies, fiery nebulas and newborn stars stunned the world.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022
In July, the Webb, the largest-ever space telescope, enthralled both scientists and the public with spectacular glimpses of never-before-seen nebulas, exoplanets, ancient galaxies, and fluffy translucent clouds of space dust swirling around shimmering stars.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Known as the Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635, it is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away; emission nebulas are interstellar clouds which are comprised of ionized gases.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
I was rocketing through space, flying past exploding nebulas.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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