What is a nebula?

A nebula is a place where stars, planets and solar systems are born.

Nebulae are very important because without them would not exist planets or our Earth. No life would exist without a nebula. Our galaxy exists because of a nebula.

Inside a nebula there are more than 3,000 stars, dust and gases. There is a variety of stars such as the brown dwarfs*, giants, red dwarfs, etc. A shooting star isn’t a star but a meteor burning up when it gets too hot. This happens when the meteor comes close to Earth’s atmosphere.

Brown Dwarf

*The brown dwarf is a small star that hasn't got the power to be a real star

Giant Star (Sirius)

Red Dwarf

Nebula - Pillars of Creation

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