nebula

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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

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

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

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

Another concerns the gaseous nebulas in which the planets and their stars formed.

From Science Daily