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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"
Composite Messier 20 and 21
28/06/2017
The M81 Galaxy Group through the Integrated Flux Nebula
27/06/2017
The N44 Superbubble
25/06/2017
Markarian's Chain to Messier 64
24/06/2017
The Great Nebula in Carina
13/06/2017
IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
11/06/2017
Saturn in the Milky Way
10/06/2017
M27: Not a Comet
09/06/2017
Orion: Belt, Flame, and Horsehead
04/06/2017
Approaching the Bubble Nebula
Video
31/05/2017
A Zodiacal Sky over Horseshoe Bend
22/05/2017
In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula
21/05/2017
A View Toward M101
20/05/2017
Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
18/05/2017
The Multiwavelength Crab
11/05/2017
Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula
07/05/2017
The Red Spider Planetary Nebula
19/04/2017
Two Million Stars on the Move
Video
17/04/2017
Dark Nebula LDN 1622 and Barnard's Loop
06/04/2017
Young Stars and Dusty Nebulae in Taurus
30/03/2017
Nebula with Laser Beams
29/03/2017
The Comet, the Owl, and the Galaxy
24/03/2017
SH2-155: The Cave Nebula
23/03/2017
Central Cygnus Skyscape
22/03/2017
Fast Stars and Rogue Planets in the Orion Nebula
21/03/2017
The Cone Nebula from Hubble
15/03/2017
A Dark Winter Sky over Monfrag�e National Park in Spain
14/03/2017
At the Heart of Orion
12/03/2017
Reflections on vdB 31
11/03/2017
Dust, Gas, and Stars in the Orion Nebula
08/03/2017