What are some fun facts about nebula?
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What are some fun facts about nebula?
A nebula is a very massive cloud made up of dust, gas, plasma, and hydrogen. Nebulae are also considered nurseries as this is where stars are created, or born. Nebula is the Latin word for cloud, and until the 1920s distant galaxies were also referred to as nebulae as well.
How old is a nebula?
Now we estimate its distance from us as somewhere around 1500 light years. This in turn puts our calculation of the distance it has expanded at a lower number (90 light years instead of 150), and thus dropped the estimated age of the nebula from 20,000 years to somewhere between 5000-8000 years old!
How much do nebulae weigh?
Nebulae are huge interstellar clouds of gas and dust that range in size from 1 AU to 10 AU, and which are less dense than the deepest vacuum in Earth’s laboratories. Just one portion of of a nebula the size of Earth would weigh only a few kilograms!
Do nebulae glow?
Nebulae are the basic building blocks of the universe. They contain the elements from which stars and solar systems are built. They are also among the most beautiful objects in the universe, glowing with rich colors and swirls of light.
How hot is a nebula?
about 10,000 degrees Celsius
The temperature of the gas in the nebula is about 10,000 degrees Celsius, and the central stars of planetary nebulae are among the hottest stars in the Universe, with temperature in the range of 25,000 to over 200,000 degrees Celsius.
Is nebula a galaxy?
A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas, usually tens to hundreds of light years across. A galaxy is much larger — usually thousands to hundreds of thousands of light years across. Nebulae are one of the many things that galaxies are made of, along with stars, black holes, cosmic dust, dark matter and much more.
How many stars can a nebula produce?
About 700 stars in different stages of their lives make their home in the nebula and over 150 protoplanetary disks have been found, as well. They’re considered to be very early solar systems, just starting to form.
How many kinds of nebulae are there?
five types
There are five types of cloudy or nebulous objects in the sky: planetary nebulae, emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, dark nebulae and supernova remnants. I will cover the planetaries in the next chapter and discuss the other four types here.
Why are nebulae important for kids?
Nebulas are very important “clouds” in interstellar space. They can create stars, planets, even entire solar systems. Since we have observed nebulae, we actually ended up realizing that there is more than one galaxy in the Universe.
What are nebulae and how are they formed?
Nebulae are formed when a star starts running out of fuel and eventually dies out, shedding its gases into space. It turns into a planetary nebula, or supernova remnant based on its mass and luminosity.
What are the four types of nebulae?
Nebulae have been divided into five major categories. These are emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, dark nebulae, planetary nebulae, and supernova remnants. Emission and reflection nebulae tend to be fuzzy in appearance and lack any noticeable shape or structure. They are also known as diffuse nebulae.
Do nebulae contain planets?
Most nebulae contain the “stuff of stars and planets”, including gases, dust, and complex molecules. As stars die and lose their materials to space, their gases and dust mix with clouds of gas, creating the complex nebulae we see.
What are nebulae made out of?
Usually several light years across, a nebula is an extremely large cluster of clouds and dust often found between stars. Nebulae are made of many elements including carbon, hydrogen and helium.
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