spiral nebula
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With their heads in a spiral nebula of billions, Congressmen were treated to a floor show which brought the question of budgets down to its simplest terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The entire underside of the dome looked like space as seen from the Hubble telescope: A dusty spiral nebula billowed up, a galaxy of stars twinkled, and meteorites whizzed across the ceiling.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Around and around they would whirl in a spiral nebula, till one got a head start on a race for home and mother.
From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen
Laplace was one of the ablest mathematicians that ever lived, but he had never seen a spiral nebula; if he had, he might have invented a hypothesis to suit its phenomena.
From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman
In the centre of a spiral nebula is seen a mass both more luminous and more resolvable than the rest.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
