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

Whereas, next to the star itself, the spiral nebula is the type object which occurs most frequently.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

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

There are marked advantages in starting the evolution of the solar system from a spiral nebula, aside from the fact that spirals are abundant, and therefore represent a standard product of development.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous