Interstellar environment
Molecular Clouds
Cold, dense clouds of molecular hydrogen and dust, dark and shielded from starlight, where nearly all the interstellar molecules reside and where stars are born. They are the richest chemical factories in the galaxy, mapped in the millimetre and submillimetre.
Highlights
- ›The galaxy's richest chemical factories
Environments, telescopes & molecules
Across astrochemistry
Knowledge connections
- Associated withStar-Forming Regions
- Associated withALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array)
- Associated withAtacama Pathfinder Experiment
- Associated withSubmillimeter
- Associated withStar-Forming Regions
- Associated withCarbon Monoxide
- Associated withAmmonia
- Associated withHydrogen Cyanide
- Associated withStar Formation
- Associated withThe Central Molecular Zone
- Associated withStellar Association
- Associated withDark Nebula
- Associated withBok Globule
- Associated withThe Horsehead Nebula
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).