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
The great spiral nebula in Andromeda has a continuous spectrum crossed by a multitude of absorption lines.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
The authors go further back and endeavor to account for the origin of the spiral nebula, but this phase of the subject is not vital to their hypothesis.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
If very close, the interaction of gravitation will give rise to intense strains, or tides, which will entirely disintegrate the bodies, and a spiral nebula will similarly result.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
