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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"

Cassiopeia A Light Echoes in Infrared

Cassiopeia A Light Echoes in Infrared

15/06/2005

M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula

M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula

12/06/2005

A Milky Way Band

A Milky Way Band

05/06/2005

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

03/06/2005

Sculpting the South Pillar

Sculpting the South Pillar

02/06/2005

The Trifid Nebula from CFHT

The Trifid Nebula from CFHT

31/05/2005

A Beautiful Trifid

A Beautiful Trifid

26/05/2005

Swirls and Stars in IC 4678

Swirls and Stars in IC 4678

24/05/2005

Snake in the Dark

Snake in the Dark

21/05/2005

X-Ray Stars in the Orion Nebula

X-Ray Stars in the Orion Nebula

19/05/2005

Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559

Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559

09/05/2005

Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula

Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula

01/05/2005

M51: Cosmic Whirlpool

M51: Cosmic Whirlpool

28/04/2005

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

25/04/2005

M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs

M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs

24/04/2005

Barnard's Loop Around Orion

Barnard's Loop Around Orion

20/04/2005

Orion in Infrared

Orion in Infrared

19/04/2005

Celebrating Hubble With NGC 6751

Celebrating Hubble With NGC 6751

16/04/2005

RCW 79: Stars in a Bubble

RCW 79: Stars in a Bubble

15/04/2005

April's Moon and the Pleiades

April's Moon and the Pleiades

14/04/2005

A Window to the Once Secret Sky

A Window to the Once Secret Sky

13/04/2005

Inside the Elephant's Trunk

Inside the Elephant's Trunk

09/04/2005

Composite Crab

Composite Crab

26/03/2005

Orion's Horsehead Nebula

Orion's Horsehead Nebula

21/03/2005

NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog

NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog

19/03/2005

The Fox Fur Nebula

The Fox Fur Nebula

14/03/2005

Infrared Ring Nebula

Infrared Ring Nebula

11/03/2005

NGC 1499: California Nebula

NGC 1499: California Nebula

10/03/2005

Still Life with NGC 2170

Still Life with NGC 2170

03/03/2005

The Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula

14/02/2005