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spiral nebula

NOUN
spiral galaxy
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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

Henry with three hours' exposure, November 16, 1885, showed one of the brightest of them to have a small spiral nebula, somewhat resembling a strongly-curved comet's tail, attached to it.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

It is clear that this spiral nebula is widely different from the bright-line or gaseous nebulae in physical condition.

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




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