Nebula
noun
A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, often visible to us as a hazy spot of light.
Astronomers discover a new nebula in the Milky Way galaxy.
Often appears as...
- planetary nebula
- star-forming nebula
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Technical
noun
A thin cloud in the eye, causing blurred vision.
The doctor diagnosed him with a corneal nebula.
Often appears as...
- corneal nebula
- retinal nebula
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Technical
noun
A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, often visible to us as a hazy spot of light.
Astronomers discover a new nebula in the Milky Way galaxy.
Often appears as...
- planetary nebula
- star-forming nebula
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A thin cloud in the eye, causing blurred vision.
The doctor diagnosed him with a corneal nebula.
Often appears as...
- corneal nebula
- retinal nebula
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Astronomy Context
Understand 'nebula' is mainly used in astronomy; not common in daily speech.
My favorite photo taken by the telescope is that of the Orion Nebula.
Pro Tip 2/3Space Structure
'Nebula' is specific to space; don't confuse it with any Earth-based phenomena.
The Crab Nebula was formed by a supernova explosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something vague or indistinct.
His explanation was a nebula of abstract concepts.
Pro Tip 1/3Astronomy Context
Understand 'nebula' is mainly used in astronomy; not common in daily speech.
My favorite photo taken by the telescope is that of the Orion Nebula.
Pro Tip 2/3Space Structure
'Nebula' is specific to space; don't confuse it with any Earth-based phenomena.
The Crab Nebula was formed by a supernova explosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something vague or indistinct.
His explanation was a nebula of abstract concepts.
Pro Tip 1/3Astronomy Context
Understand 'nebula' is mainly used in astronomy; not common in daily speech.
My favorite photo taken by the telescope is that of the Orion Nebula.
Pro Tip 2/3Space Structure
'Nebula' is specific to space; don't confuse it with any Earth-based phenomena.
The Crab Nebula was formed by a supernova explosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something vague or indistinct.
His explanation was a nebula of abstract concepts.
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Harry Baker: A love poem...
You see, every star hits periods of hardship, It takes a brighter light to inspire them through the darkness. If we go back to when he was born in a nebula, We know that he never was thought of as regular, Because he had a flair about him, To say the Midas touch is wrong But all he went near seemed to turn a little bronze,
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Crowdsourcing for...
Nebula you can see behind me but in astronomy in biology in particle physics we're collecting data a lot faster and faster all the time and some people say that we're in a data deluge with drowning in data but we're not we need to embrace data we need to learn how to handle it and one way to do that is mass
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Summiting the World’s...
disagree with you i'm not going to disagree because people people are from all over the world they hire nebula for climbing a thousand meter peak right of course so mingle g work for other expeditions and eventually he built his own successful guiding business but there was one thing that still
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The Falcon's Feather -...
leads to more questions and more enemies was his mother's death really an accident will he uncover the missing formula who can he trust the one thing crews knows for sure nebula is still out to get him making his mission more important and more dangerous than ever
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Four ways to understand...
in a sample of rock that's undergone radioactive decay, geologists have estimated the Earth's birthday, when it first formed from a solar nebula, to be 4.6 billion years ago. But just how long is that really? Here's some analogies that might help you understand.
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Stars 101 PIPE National...
such as our sun release their stellar material into space leaving behind a white dwarf surrounded by a planetary nebula. More massive stars instead blast matter into space in a bright supernova leaving behind an extremely dense body called a neutron star.
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Solar System 101 PIPE...
The solar system came into being about 4.5 billion years ago, when a cloud of interstellar gas and dust collapsed, resulting in a solar nebula, a swirling disc of material that collided to form the solar system. The solar system is located
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Humanity's Search for...
Which meant that Andromeda was not a nebula in our own galaxy, but a whole other galaxy, out there, in the cold, dark nothingness. Suddenly, the universe was a garden, blooming with galaxies, with ours but a single bloom.
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Sun 101 PIPE National...
It was born when a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula Collapsed and in the middle of this formation matter condensed into a burning ball of gas that became our Sun
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Birth of the Solar...
sour nebula began to collapse under its own gravity and spin faster a dense clump of matter formed in the center
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Harry Baker: A love poem...
You see, every star hits periods of hardship, It takes a brighter light to inspire them through the darkness. If we go back to when he was born in a nebula, We know that he never was thought of as regular, Because he had a flair about him, To say the Midas touch is wrong But all he went near seemed to turn a little bronze,
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Crowdsourcing for...
Nebula you can see behind me but in astronomy in biology in particle physics we're collecting data a lot faster and faster all the time and some people say that we're in a data deluge with drowning in data but we're not we need to embrace data we need to learn how to handle it and one way to do that is mass
Video examples
Summiting the World’s...
disagree with you i'm not going to disagree because people people are from all over the world they hire nebula for climbing a thousand meter peak right of course so mingle g work for other expeditions and eventually he built his own successful guiding business but there was one thing that still
Video examples
The Falcon's Feather -...
leads to more questions and more enemies was his mother's death really an accident will he uncover the missing formula who can he trust the one thing crews knows for sure nebula is still out to get him making his mission more important and more dangerous than ever
Video examples
Four ways to understand...
in a sample of rock that's undergone radioactive decay, geologists have estimated the Earth's birthday, when it first formed from a solar nebula, to be 4.6 billion years ago. But just how long is that really? Here's some analogies that might help you understand.
Video examples
Stars 101 PIPE National...
such as our sun release their stellar material into space leaving behind a white dwarf surrounded by a planetary nebula. More massive stars instead blast matter into space in a bright supernova leaving behind an extremely dense body called a neutron star.
Video examples
Solar System 101 PIPE...
The solar system came into being about 4.5 billion years ago, when a cloud of interstellar gas and dust collapsed, resulting in a solar nebula, a swirling disc of material that collided to form the solar system. The solar system is located
Video examples
Humanity's Search for...
Which meant that Andromeda was not a nebula in our own galaxy, but a whole other galaxy, out there, in the cold, dark nothingness. Suddenly, the universe was a garden, blooming with galaxies, with ours but a single bloom.
Video examples
Sun 101 PIPE National...
It was born when a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula Collapsed and in the middle of this formation matter condensed into a burning ball of gas that became our Sun
Video examples
Birth of the Solar...
sour nebula began to collapse under its own gravity and spin faster a dense clump of matter formed in the center
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Quote examples
Ragnar Frisch
Norwegian Economist
A beam of light takes about two million years to reach from us to the Andromeda nebula. But my thought covers this distance in a few seconds. Perhaps some day some intermediate form of body and mind may permit us to say that we actually can travel faster than light.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
A revolution resembles the death of a fading star, an exhilarating Technicolor explosion that gives way not to an ordered new galaxy but to a nebula, a formless cloud of shifting energy.
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Leonard Nimoy
American Actor
That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.
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Ragnar Frisch
Norwegian Economist
A beam of light takes about two million years to reach from us to the Andromeda nebula. But my thought covers this distance in a few seconds. Perhaps some day some intermediate form of body and mind may permit us to say that we actually can travel faster than light.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
A revolution resembles the death of a fading star, an exhilarating Technicolor explosion that gives way not to an ordered new galaxy but to a nebula, a formless cloud of shifting energy.
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Leonard Nimoy
American Actor
That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.
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