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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"
The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
08/06/2016
Stars and Gas of the Running Chicken Nebula
31/05/2016
Clouds of the Carina Nebula
16/05/2016
A Dust Angel Nebula
28/04/2016
NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
22/04/2016
Close-up of the Bubble Nebula
03/04/2016
NGC 6188 and NGC 6164
30/03/2016
Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula
20/01/2016
The Galactic Center in Infrared
17/01/2016
The View Toward M106
16/01/2016
Reflections on the 1970s
13/01/2016
Herbig-Haro 24
18/12/2015
The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
17/11/2015
NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
05/11/2015
The Great Orion Nebula M42
04/11/2015
Galaxy, Stars, and Dust
12/10/2015
Stardust in Perseus
10/10/2015
LDN 988 and Friends
24/09/2015
NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
10/09/2015
The Shark Nebula
07/09/2015
Messier 43
10/07/2015
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
11/06/2015
NGC 7822 in Cepheus
23/05/2015
A Dark and Dusty Sky
22/05/2015
The Clouds of Orion the Hunter
16/03/2015
The Rosette Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen
25/02/2015
IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
24/12/2014
Reflections on the 1970s
19/12/2014
Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
14/12/2014
The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared
09/12/2014