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
Then another astonishing change happened: in August photographs taken at the Yerkes Observatory and at Heidelberg showed that the ``nova'' was surrounded by a spiral nebula!
From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman
In any case, we have here a good suggestion of the origin of the spiral nebula and of its further development.
From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph
If we accept this theory, the origin of the spiral nebula becomes intelligible.
From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph
