Nebulae

How far away is the Carina nebula from earth?

The Orion Nebula is a nearby star-forming region in which galaxy?

• Pegasus

• Andromeda

• IC 1101: a supergiant elliptical galaxy at the center of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster

• The Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Nebulas are what?

There are two telescopes that make it possible for us to visualize what the Orion Nebula looks like up close, what are their names?

Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse. Then what?

• Supernova of a nearby star occurs.

• The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

The nebula begins to spin and flatten. Then what?

• The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense.

• Gravity causes light gases to move to the center while heavier materials and ice stay in outer areas.

• A protostar forms in the center of the nebula.

Gravity causes light gases to move to the center while heavier materials and ice stay in outer areas. Then what?

• The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense.

• A protostar forms in the center of the nebula.

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense. Then what?

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

• The SUN is born, fusion begins in the core.

• A protostar forms in the center of the nebula.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of stellar dust or nebula exists within the Milky Way. What happened next?

• Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

• The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

• Supernova of a nearby star occurs.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Supernova of a nearby star occurs. Then what?

• Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

• The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.