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Nebula

A nebula is a giant cloud of gas (mostly hydrogen and helium) and cosmic dust situated between stars in the interstellar medium. Nebulae serve as sites of stellar birth and death—including emission nebulae that glow from ionized gas, reflection nebulae that scatter starlight, and dark nebulae that obscure background stars.

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APODs including "Nebula"

NGC 4361: Galaxy Shaped Planetary Nebula

29/12/1995

NGC 4361: Galaxy Shaped Planetary Nebula
Image Credit: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Glowing in the red light emitted by hydrogen atoms, the planetary nebula