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nebula

[neb-yuh-luh] / ˈnɛb jə lə /
NOUN
cloud of gas
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New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are providing a clearer look at a mysterious and rarely studied nebula surrounding a dying star.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

It is the first, youngest, and closest pre-planetary nebula ever identified.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

About 1,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, the nebula surrounds a hidden central star buried within a thick blanket of dust, resembling a glowing "yolk" inside a dark "egg white."

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

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

Now I was standing on a semitransparent running track, a curved looping ribbon suspended in a starry nebula.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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