dark nebula
noun Astronomy.
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.
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Also called absorption nebula.
Origin of dark nebula
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby dark nebula
darkly, dark matter, dark meat, dark mineral, dark money, dark nebula, darkness, dark of the moon, dark reaction, darkroom, dark slide
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British Dictionary definitions for dark nebula
dark nebula
noun
a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sourcesSee nebula
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Scientific definitions for dark nebula
dark nebula
See absorption nebula.
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