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
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
However, a fairly close approach of two stars will occur in vastly greater frequency and the effect of this approach will also be to form a spiral nebula or two such nebulae.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
If we accept this theory, the origin of the spiral nebula becomes intelligible.
From The Story of Evolution by Joseph McCabe
