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nebula

[neb-yuh-luh] / ˈnɛb yə lə /
NOUN
cloud of gas
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Inside this nebula, particle interactions can generate gamma rays in several ways.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Called Nebula PMR 1, the object has a striking appearance that resembles a brain inside a transparent skull, which is why it has been nicknamed the "Exposed Cranium" nebula.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

"Then we directly compared our simulations with other laboratory experiments that produce COMs under realistic astrophysical conditions. The results showed that COM formation is possible in both the protosolar nebula environment and Jupiter's circumplanetary disk."

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 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

And some worlds will look out onto a vast gaseous nebula, the remains of an ordinary star that once was and is no longer.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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