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Molecular Cloud
A dense and cold region of interstellar space composed primarily of molecular hydrogen, serving as the birthplace of stars. The molecular cloud associated with NGC 346 is actively forming new stars.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Molecular Cloud"
Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Infrared Light
Video
07/07/2021
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
05/07/2021
Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
29/06/2021
STARFORGE: A Star Formation Simulation
Video
23/06/2021
Clouds of the Carina Nebula
02/05/2021
Inside the Flame Nebula
17/04/2021
Alnitak and the Flame Nebula
12/04/2021
Stardust in the Perseus Molecular Cloud
18/03/2021
Mars in Taurus
04/03/2021
The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue
01/03/2021
The Great Turkey Nebula
26/11/2020
Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
22/11/2020
Reflections of the Ghost Nebula
26/10/2020
Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur
04/10/2020
The Valley of Orion
28/08/2020
NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara
28/07/2020
M43: Dust, Gas, and Stars in the Orion Nebula
06/07/2020
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
03/07/2020
NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet
12/06/2020
Behind Betelgeuse
11/05/2020
LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity
06/05/2020
A View Toward M106
01/05/2020
IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula
20/04/2020
The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
12/04/2020
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
05/03/2020
Pleiades to Hyades
06/12/2019
NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles
08/11/2019
Inside the Flame Nebula
02/11/2019
M42: Inside the Orion Nebula
30/10/2019
Dark Seahorse in Cepheus
24/10/2019