Stars are born inside clouds of gas and dust called nebulae.
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Nebulae
/ˈnɛbjʊliː/
Synonyms for "nebulae" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
cloudscosmic cloud
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Noun(3 words)
dust cloudejected envelopegas cloud
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Noun(5 words)
h ii regioninterstellar cloudionized gas nebulaionized shellopaque cloud
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8 entriesCoalsack NebulaDumbbell NebulaH II regionRing Nebuladark nebulaemission nebulaplanetary nebulareflection nebula
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6 entriesbright nebuladark nebuladiffuse nebulaemission nebulainterstellar cloudplanetary nebula
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In 1783 Caroline Herschel discovered three new nebulae.
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Using the Hooker Telescope — the largest telescope of its day — at Mt. Wilson Observatory in California, astronomer Edwin Hubble found that some nebulae, such as the Andromeda nebula, were separate galaxies like our own Milky Way galaxy.
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From the microcosm to nebulae and galaxies... The universe is like an immeasurable web conceived by an unknowable Mind. In space-time, everything is interconnected: tiny waves of Universal Consciousness.
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