nebula
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The dark nebula is made from interstellar dust dense enough to block starlight and is 650 light years away.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Wallace said he had always been a keen photographer and had been on a learning curve with the tech involved in capturing outer space, including galaxies and nebula.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Webb's observations effectively "freezes" the planetary nebula at one moment in its long evolution, but the consequences of the star's death are continuing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Those energetic forces heat the surrounding hydrogen gas and gradually sculpt the nebula into its striking appearance.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Every planetary nebula is a token of a star in extremis.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
These glowing structures form two long, narrow nebulae driven by intense activity around a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
In places where this dust lies close to hot, newly formed stars, it reflects their light instead of absorbing it, producing soft blue regions called reflection nebulae.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
That’s why such nebulae are often called stellar nurseries.
From Space Scoop ● Oct. 31, 2025
As astronomers scanned the night sky with larger telescopes, they were intrigued by fuzzy patches of light called nebulae.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
Some scientists toyed with the idea that the spiral nebulae were not distant island universes but rather nearby condensing clouds of interstellar gas, perhaps on their way to make solar systems.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
First observed in the early 1800s, the Helix Nebula has become one of the most recognizable planetary nebulas in the sky thanks to its bold, ring-like appearance.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
Gorgeous photographs of swirling galaxies, fiery nebulas and newborn stars stunned the world.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022
In July, the Webb, the largest-ever space telescope, enthralled both scientists and the public with spectacular glimpses of never-before-seen nebulas, exoplanets, ancient galaxies, and fluffy translucent clouds of space dust swirling around shimmering stars.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
According to our current understanding of solar systems, planets generally form out of the same nebulas that produce the stars that they orbit.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021
I was rocketing through space, flying past exploding nebulas.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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