Molecular cloud
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Molecular cloud
A molecular cloud, sometimes called a stellar nursery if star formation is occurring within, is a type of interstellar cloud whose density and size permits the formation of molecules, most commonly molecular hydrogen (H2).

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Molecular cloud
Large clouds of dust and gas that absorb light, in the plane of a spiral galaxy.


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