2006-09-06 08:33:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
earth is not in a nebula. a nebula is a cloud of gas in space there is no gas in the space around earth
2006-09-06 08:35:57 · answer #1 · answered by bretttwarwick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth isn't inside any nebula. And the galxy we are in is called "Milky Way".
To all the other users here: "Nebula" is the former term for galaxy. It comes from times when we didn't have technical support as like as nowadays telescopes yet. Therefore, in the early simple telescopes, galaxies always looked like nebulas and were called that way. Most famous example: The Andromeda (nebula).
2006-09-06 11:35:03 · answer #2 · answered by jhstha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is not in a nebula, we are in a solar system, which is in a galaxy called the Milky Way. Our solar system is surrounded by shell type structure of ice and debris called the Oort Cloud. If you were viewing our solar system from many many many light years away you might see some "nebulosity" around our star because when the solar system was very young it formed from a disk of debris and that is how it appears from some points in the universe at this moment. It's not actually a nebula though.
2006-09-06 10:59:05 · answer #3 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is not in a nebula. It is in a sipral galaxy that is called the Milky Way.
2006-09-06 08:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by pvreditor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth ain't in a nebula!
The Helix nebula in the constellation Aquarius is the closest planetary nebula to Earth. It is 650 light-years away and about 2.5 light years in diameter.
2006-09-06 08:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Andy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is in a galaxy we call the Milky Way - not a nebula, if that's what you mean.
2006-09-06 08:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by Jay T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is not in a nebula.
2006-09-06 08:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by Jared Z 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The No Nebula.
2006-09-06 08:38:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Zodiacal light? That is sunlight reflected off interplanetary dust in the solar system, which could be thought of as a kind of nebula.
Or did you mean to say, "What is the name of the galaxy that Earth is in"? That would be the Milky Way galaxy.
2006-09-06 08:37:27 · answer #9 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hearth is in a galaxy, with a lot of other solar systems. Its name is Milky Way.
Check it out at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way .
2006-09-06 08:38:21 · answer #10 · answered by Francesco 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋