nebula
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"The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare 'wow' moments," says Scaringi.
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
"To our surprise, it turns out you can, if you have an extremely dense screen of hydrogen, so dense that it looks more like the surface of an enormous star than a wispy interstellar nebula."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 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
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
They also give researchers a new way to examine well-known objects such as the Rosette and Orion nebulae using detailed spectroscopic information spread across large areas of the sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Its relatively close distance and clear visibility make it a key object for studying neutron stars, supernova remnants, and nebulae.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
That’s why such nebulae are often called stellar nurseries.
From Space Scoop ● Oct. 31, 2025
As astronomers scanned the night sky with larger telescopes, they were intrigued by fuzzy patches of light called nebulae.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
When the Sun passes through a spiral arm it is more likely than it is at present to enter into gaseous nebulae and interstellar dust clouds and to encounter objects of substellar mass.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
As one of the closest planetary nebulas to Earth, it offers astronomers a rare opportunity to closely examine the final stages of a star's life.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
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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