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Which of these is true of planetary nebulae?Group of answer choicesThey are rings of material around protostars that will accrete into planets in time.They are ejected envelopes surrounding a highly evolved low mass star.They are the material which causes the eclipses in eclipsing binary systems.They are expelled by the most massive stars in their final stages before supernova.They are the envelopes that form when blue stragglers merge.

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Which of these is true of planetary nebulae?Group of answer choicesThey are rings of material around protostars that will accrete into planets in time.They are ejected envelopes surrounding a highly evolved low mass star.They are the material which causes the eclipses in eclipsing binary systems.They are expelled by the most massive stars in their final stages before supernova.They are the envelopes that form when blue stragglers merge.

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The true statement about planetary nebulae is: "They are ejected envelopes surrounding a highly evolved low mass star."

Planetary nebulae are formed when a star has exhausted the nuclear fuel in its core. This causes the core to contract and the outer layers of the star to expand. These outer layers are then ejected, forming a shell of gas around the dying star. This shell of gas is what we see as a planetary nebula.

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