Molecular+Clouds

=MOLECULAR CLOUDS=



Editor: Kelsey Russo
Fall 2016

Molecular clouds are very interesting elements in space. Filled with hydrogen and helium, they create a very airy and lifted atmosphere. They typically have very low temperatures, as low as 10 to 30 kelvin. Molecular clouds can grow to be up to 600 light years across, with a mass of up to several million solar masses.

http://www.sun.org/encyclopedia/molecular-clouds-and-dark-nebulae Published by: Sun.org Last edited: 1-28-2014 Describes what a molecular cloud is and how it functions in space. It explains how molecular clouds are formed and sustained and what they consist of.
 * Molecular Clouds and Dark Nebula**

[[image:http://www.sun.org/uploads/images/mainimage_Eagle_Nebula.jpeg width="260" height="260" caption="Eagle Nebula Credit: T.A. Rector and B.A. Wolpa"]]

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/cosmic_reference/molecular_clouds.html Site describes what molecular clouds are made out of and their varying temperatures.
 * Cool Cosmos**



https://www.britannica.com/topic/molecular-cloud Written by: John S. Mathis Article describes formation of molecular clouds and their composition.
 * Encyclopedia Britannica**

[[image:https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/19/128119-004-F589E851.jpg caption="Coalsack Nebula Credit: NASA"]]

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/M/Molecular+Cloud Site describes molecular cloud nuclear wavelength.
 * Cosmos**



http://www.astro.yale.edu/larson/papers/Ringberg93.pdf Written by: Richard B. Larson Yale Astronomy Department Article discusses cloud formation, characteristics, fragmentation, destruction and recycling.
 * Evolution of Molecular Clouds**