galactic nebula

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. a nebula in the Milky Way.

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Example Sentences

The photograph captures a previously unknown galactic nebula containing a pair of stars surrounded by a common envelope, adding another exciting discovery to the winning images.

From BBC

Photograph: BAE Inc/Alamy We come trailing not Wordsworth's clouds of glory but clouds of primal hydrogen and remnants of a galactic nebula, a fabric of cold stardust and droplets of water more than 4bn years old.

From The Guardian

As time passes, lights and blushes interweave; the shadows on the wall seem to march up and join the painting, until the spectator may well feel as though he were gazing into a galactic nebula or a darkened sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's a nice, big galactic nebula right in front of us, about three days away—six million light years.

From Project Gutenberg