Nebulaic gasses stupid question

[Greg the Peg-Leg Preg Dreg]

Alright one day when a very little me discovered Nebulae were made of gas I wanted to meet a professional that could answer this question. I imagine someone here could answer this and some people could debate this as well.

So my question is Could you inhale in a nebula? Now before you start typing about how the gasses would kill you, they'd be so cold your lungs would freeze, blah blah blah, forget that crap I am not asking if it'd be wise to inhale in a nebula just possible, not if it's survivable, just doable, so my question stand the same, I iimagine that even in the most dense part the gasses would be too thin for anything.

[TROiDEN]

Pretty much, nebulas consist not only of gas, but of plasma and dust as well.

[Turd Ferguson]

no. its still a vaccum. the gas particles are still too far apart and are at zero pressure. to breathe there needs to be a pressure difference between the outside world and your IP cavity.

only place there would be enough pressure to breathe is where the gas is starting to form a planet and producing gravity.

think of it as gas molecules in a vacuum with dust. gas molecules can exist with no pressure.

[Greg the Peg-Leg Preg Dreg]

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

no. its still a vaccum. the gas particles are still too far apart and are at zero pressure. to breathe there needs to be a pressure difference between the outside world and your IP cavity.

only place there would be enough pressure to breathe is where the gas is starting to form a planet and producing gravity.

think of it as gas molecules in a vacuum with dust. gas molecules can exists with no pressure.

so my theory is kinda right but incomplete making it kinda wrong.

Originally posted by DeMENTED:

Pretty much, nebulas consist not only of gas, but of plasma and dust as well.

If it's plasma does that mean it could burn you?

[TROiDEN]

Plasma is usually a several thousand °C

[Turd Ferguson]

Originally posted by Gary?:

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

no. its still a vaccum. the gas particles are still too far apart and are at zero pressure. to breathe there needs to be a pressure difference between the outside world and your IP cavity.

only place there would be enough pressure to breathe is where the gas is starting to form a planet and producing gravity.

think of it as gas molecules in a vacuum with dust. gas molecules can exists with no pressure.

so my theory is kinda right but incomplete making it kinda wrong.

Originally posted by DeMENTED:

Pretty much, nebulas consist not only of gas, but of plasma and dust as well.

If it's plasma does that mean it could burn you?

plasma is ionized gas. on Earth this requires very high temperatures because of the atmospheric pressure. in a vaccum less temperature is required but still pretty high. Ionized gas can react chemically so the danger is not just temperature but chemical burns. fortunately plasma is electrically charged so it can be repelled with a magnetic field.

[Greg the Peg-Leg Preg Dreg]

Originally posted by DeMENTED:

Plasma is usually a several thousand °C

well it depends on the type of plasma. Plasma is just ionized gas, hydrogen can be plasma neon can be plasma. Fire is a type of plasma as it can be pushed and pulled with strong enough electric charges.

[Harichi]

I mean, a lot of nebulae are made of what's basically alcohol too.
If you inhaled a nebula, you'd definitely be hungover the next morning.

[Greg the Peg-Leg Preg Dreg]

Originally posted by Harichi:

I mean, a lot of nebulae are made of what's basically alcohol too.
If you inhaled a nebula, you'd definitely be hungover the next morning.

well if it is pure alcohol you'd die, and your lungs would burn worse than hellfire and you'd go blind. lol sounds like fun!

[Gralzeim]

For starters, not all plasmas are hot. Some can even be relatively 'cool' (room temperature), since plasma is ionized gas, and there are a bunch of ways to ionize gas.

Also, nebulas are usually mostly comprised of hydrogen, since it's the most common element in the universe. Sometimes helium too (also a common element), and of course interstellar dust as well. No, they're not made up of ethanol.


But yeah, to the OP, no, you wouldn't be able to inhale a nebula at all because the density is far too low. Sure, the density of gasses in a nebula is far higher than most parts of space, but it's still nothing anywhere close to even a thin atmosphere.

[Harichi]

Originally posted by Gary?:

No, they're not made up of ethanol.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cosmic-cloud-contains-enough-alcohol-to-keep-the-world-world-drinking-for-a-billion-years
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51271/there-are-giant-clouds-alcohol-floating-space

More articles about that can be found easily with a quick google search. Bare in mind I never said all nebulae had ethanol.

[Greg the Peg-Leg Preg Dreg]

Originally posted by Harichi:

Originally posted by Gary?:

No, they're not made up of ethanol.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cosmic-cloud-contains-enough-alcohol-to-keep-the-world-world-drinking-for-a-billion-years
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51271/there-are-giant-clouds-alcohol-floating-space

More articles about that can be found easily with a quick google search. Bare in mind I never said all nebulae had ethanol.

You got the wrong person in your quote I did not say they werer not made of ethanol that was this guy \/

Originally posted by Gralzeim:

For starters, not all plasmas are hot. Some can even be relatively 'cool' (room temperature), since plasma is ionized gas, and there are a bunch of ways to ionize gas.

Also, nebulas are usually mostly comprised of hydrogen, since it's the most common element in the universe. Sometimes helium too (also a common element), and of course interstellar dust as well. No, they're not made up of ethanol.


But yeah, to the OP, no, you wouldn't be able to inhale a nebula at all because the density is far too low. Sure, the density of gasses in a nebula is far higher than most parts of space, but it's still nothing anywhere close to even a thin atmosphere.

[Gralzeim]

Well, I stand corrected, a small number aren't hydrogen/helium nebula.

[ZombieHunter]

Nebulas are not as dense as they look. There simply isn't enough gas or the right type of gas in any density that is able to support life. They only appear dense from far away but just as the game shows as you approach and you are 'inside' the nebula you still never really feel like you are 'in' it.

[Harichi]

Originally posted by Gary?:

You got the wrong person in your quote I did not say they werer not made of ethanol that was this guy \/

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No idea why it did that but I didn't do it on purpose.

[Frank K]

If a tree falls in a nebula, and the average gas density is 100 particles per cubic centimeter, does it still make a sound?