Nebulae In Fiction

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Nebulae, often being visually interesting astronomical objects, are frequently used as settings or backdrops for works of science fiction. Earthmen meet an alien race for the first time within the Crab Nebula in the science fiction story First Contact (Astounding, May 1945) by Murray Leinster.In the Doctor Who serial, Colony in Space, the Master reveals that the Crab Nebula's creation was the result of the Super Race of the planet Exarius (or Uxarius) testing their Doomsday Weapon, a device which could project anti-matter at super-luminal speed.