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# nebula

noun (a nebula, nebulae or nebulas)

«nebula» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#m1)
2. Some nebulae are places where new stars are being born; others are what is left after a star dies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#m2)

### In the lessons

In space science, famous ones are the Orion Nebula (seen with binoculars) and the Crab Nebula (left by an exploding star). Telescopes like Hubble and James Webb take colourful photos of nebulae. The Sun formed from a nebula long ago.

### Examples

- The Orion Nebula is a nursery for new stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#x1)
- The telescope photo showed a glowing pink nebula. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#x2)
- A nebula is made of gas and dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#x3)
- The Crab Nebula came from an exploded star. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#x4)
- Our Sun was born from a nebula. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#x5)
- The nebula looked like a giant space cloud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/#x6)

### Note

Plural nebulae («NEB-yoo-lee») or nebulas. Latin for «mist». A nebula is not a galaxy (a galaxy has billions of stars).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nebula» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nebula» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nebula.html) on Mova free.