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US/ˈneb.jə.lə/
UK/ˈneb.jʊ.lə/
a huge cloud of gas and dust in space, where new stars can form
In context
The telescope took a clear picture of a bright nebula.
Stars are born inside a nebula when gas and dust pull together.
The Orion Nebula can be seen without a telescope on a dark night.
Words that go with nebula
adjective + noun
- a bright nebulaA bright nebula glowed in the photo.
- a distant nebulaScientists studied a distant nebula for months.
- planetary nebulaThe Ring Nebula is a well-known planetary nebula.
verb + noun
- photograph a nebulaThe satellite can photograph a nebula in detail.
- observe a nebulaStudents observed a nebula through the school telescope.
noun + noun
- the Orion NebulaThe Orion Nebula is about 1,300 light-years away.