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What is bigger: a globular cluster or a nebula?

Answer 1

By nebulae, if you mean the planetary nebulae or supernova nebulae, then Globular clusters are bigger than nebulae.

While globular clusters are spherical dense star clusters that may contain tens of thousands to several hundred thousand stars, they can also contain nebulae within them. Planetary nebulae and supernova nebulae are both the remnants of deceased stars.

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Answer 2

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Physically speaking, a globular cluster is usually larger than a nebula. Nebulas are large clouds of gas and dust in space, whereas globular clusters are dense, spherical collections of stars that range in number from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

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