a cool dense interstellar region composed of a wide variety of molecules, mainly hydrogen, plus some dust, in which stars are forming
Examples of 'molecular cloud' in a sentence
molecular cloud
The characteristics of molecular cloud cores found in our simulations are in agreement with observations.
Dudorov Alexander E., Khaibrakhmanov Sergey A. 2017, 'Hierarchical structure of the interstellar molecular clouds and star formation', Open Astronomyhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/astro.2017.26.issue-1/astro-2017-0428/astro-2017-0428.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We studied the distribution of dense gas in a filamentary molecular cloud containing several dense clumps.
Kirsanova Maria S., Salii Svetlana V., Sobolev Andrej M., Olofsson Anders Olof Henrik,Ladeyschikov Dmitry A., Thomasson Magnus 2017, 'Molecular gas in high-mass filament WB673', Open Astronomyhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/astro.2017.26.issue-1/astro-2017-0020/astro-2017-0020.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The kinetics of the collision and subsequent polymerization are discussed for the low-density conditions of a molecular cloud.
Julie E M McGeoch, Malcolm W McGeoch 2014, 'Polymer amide as an early topology.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4105422?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)