stellar nursery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stellar nursery
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Euclid also focused on Messier 78, a stellar nursery.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2024
To get to the bottom of this mysterious phenomenon, the team set their sights on MC 27, a stellar nursery located approximately 450 light-years from earth.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
Yet the red-brown "sand" in this image, and the blue "water," are actually individual stars mixed in to an emerging stellar nursery.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
An image of a stellar nursery in the Carina Nebula about 7,600 light-years away shows massive young stars enrobed in swirling gas and dust.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022
Stunning images of a "stellar nursery" and a "cosmic dance" have been acquired by Nasa's new $10bn space telescope.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
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