Question

How did planetary nebulae get their name?

Answer 1

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Named after the Latin word for “cloud”, nebulae are not only massive clouds of dust, hydrogen and helium gas, and plasma; they are also often “stellar nurseries” – i.e. the place where stars are born.

And for centuries, distant galaxies were often mistaken for these massive clouds plasma), such as ions and electrons.

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