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

If the collision is a grazing one, they say, a spiral nebula will be formed.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

While the first stage of this theory of development is seen in the spiral nebula, the later stages seem to be well exemplified in the actual condition of our planets.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph

In any case, we have here a good suggestion of the origin of the spiral nebula and of its further development.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph