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
Some astronomers, indeed, now reject Laplace's hypothesis in toto, preferring to think that even our solar system originated from a spiral nebula.
From Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Putman Serviss
Rosse's drawing of the spiral nebula in Canes Venatici, with the stub marks of the draughtsman unduly emphasised into features by the engraver.
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
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 Joseph McCabe
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