Giant Molecular Cloud
Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC) – A cool cloud of great size within which stars, planets, and other solar/stellar system objects are formed from material such as hydrogen and helium molecules and dust.
Compared to the diameter of stars shown in the image, the cloud is giant-sized; as shown, it contains gas and dust.
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Editor: Patrick Joiner, UCF Interdisciplinary Studies, Class of
2018
Senior Editor: M.M. Montgomery, Ph.D, UCF Physics