dark nebula
a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs and thus obscures the light from stars behind it, appearing as a dark patch in front of a bright nebula or in an otherwise bright area of sky.
Origin of dark nebula
1- Also called absorption nebula.
Words Nearby dark nebula
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How to use dark nebula in a sentence
It was later, that I saw the dark nebula—at first, an impalpable cloud, away to my right.
The House on the Borderland | William Hope HodgsonUpon the whole, the theory of an encounter between a star and a dark nebula seems best to fit the observations.
Curiosities of the Sky | Garrett ServissWe have seen that there are reasons for supposing our own system to have been at first a cool dark nebula rotating slowly.
The Children's Book of Stars | G.E. Mitton
British Dictionary definitions for dark nebula
a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources: See nebula
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Scientific definitions for dark nebula
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