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
A typical spiral nebula is composed of a disc-shaped central portion, with long curved arms projecting from opposite sides of it, which give an impression of rapid rotatory movement.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
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
The most interesting specimen of a spiral nebula is situated in Canes Venatici.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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