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

There are marked advantages in starting the evolution of the solar system from a spiral nebula, aside from the fact that spirals are abundant, and therefore represent a standard product of development.

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

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

Mr. A. E. Fath thinks that “no spiral nebula investigated has a truly continuous spectrum.”

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard