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nebula

[neb-yuh-luh] / ˈnɛb yə lə /
NOUN
cloud of gas
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Using X-ray observations from the XMM-Newton space telescope, DiKerby identified a pulsar wind nebula -- an expanding region filled with energetic electrons and particles receiving energy from a pulsar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

During this mission, the instrument also collected data from the Crab pulsar and its surrounding wind nebula, one of the brightest and most stable sources of X-rays in the sky.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

And perfectly in time for Halloween, they captured a spooky, red-glowing nebula that looks just like a bat signal shining across the universe!

From Space Scoop • Oct. 31, 2025

The Andromeda nebula, M31, was a prominent example.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

To their surprise, they found an intense and previously unreported source that seemed to correspond to no prominent star, nebula or galaxy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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