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A cloud of gas, dust, or both in space, sometimes glowing and sometimes obscuring the light behind it.
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- emission nebula
- dark nebula
- planetary nebula
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The nebula hid the young stars behind a curtain of dust.
Ionized gas made the nebula shine along its ragged edge.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular: nebula; plural: nebulae or nebulas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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