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  • JackofAllTrades
    A nebula is a cloud of dust and/or gas, and not part of a planet, though planets can form from the dust and gas in a nebula. (So can stars, which makes the misnomer even more 'misnomerish', since nebula are regarded as the birthplace of stars.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula
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  • CaptainHarley adores his life penguin
    Mosst objects named "planetary nebulae" are actually the remains of exploding stars and have nothing in common with planets.
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