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Molecular cloud — See also: Solar nebula Within a few million years the light from bright stars will have boiled away this molecular cloud of gas and dust. The cloud has broken off from the Carina Nebula. Newly formed stars are visible nearby, their images… … Wikipedia
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex — A picture of Barnard s Loop, which is a primary component of the nebula complex. Also seen in the image are the locations of other nebulae in the complex such as M42. The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex (also often referred to as simply the Orion… … Wikipedia
Perseus molecular cloud — The Perseus molecular cloud is a a nearby (600 ly) Giant Molecular Cloud in the constellation of Perseus and contains over 10,000 solar masses of gas and dust covering an area of 6 by 2 degrees. Unlike the Orion molecular cloud it is almost… … Wikipedia
Giant Molecular Cloud — A large cloud of gas in interstellar space. This gas is more concentrated than in other gas clouds and is combining into molecules. Stars and planets are formed when a Giant Molecular Cloud collapses and coalesces. These clouds may have a… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Cloud (disambiguation) — A cloud is a visible mass of condensed droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the air. Cloud(s) may also refer to: Contents 1 Fiction 2 Literature 3 … Wikipedia
Molecular graphics — (MG) is the discipline and philosophy of studying molecules and their properties through graphical representation.[1] IUPAC limits the definition to representations on a graphical display device .[2] Ever since Dalton s atoms and Kekulé s benzene … Wikipedia
Molecular nanotechnology — Part of a series of articles on Molecular Nanotechnology … Wikipedia
Molecular orbital theory — In chemistry, molecular orbital (MO) theory is a method for determining molecular structure in which electrons are not assigned to individual bonds between atoms, but are treated as moving under the influence of the nuclei in the whole… … Wikipedia
Interstellar cloud — is the generic name given to an accumulation of gas, plasma and dust in our and other galaxies. Put differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser than average region of the interstellar medium. Depending on the density, size and temperature of a … Wikipedia
Atomic and molecular astrophysics — Within a few million years the light from bright stars will have boiled away this molecular cloud of gas and dust. The cloud has broken off from the Carina Nebula. Newly formed stars are visible nearby, their images reddened by blue light being… … Wikipedia
