What is a nebula, really?
Clouds of gas and dust where stars are born and die.
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A nebula is a vast cloud of gas and dust, sometimes lit by young stars and sometimes dark enough to hide them. The pink glow in this photograph is hydrogen excited by newborn starlight.
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The Orion Nebula is visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge in winter.
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