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The 74 pages that link to Molecular cloud, each with the reason it gives.

• Radio astronomyRelated: Radio molecular lines reveal cold regions that visible light cannot readily penetrate.

• Brown dwarfRelated: Brown dwarfs can form when small regions of such clouds collapse under gravity.

• Jeans instabilityRelated: Its dense regions can cross the Jeans threshold and fragment.

• Gravitational instabilityRelated: These clouds provide the gas in which pressure, turbulence, and gravity compete during star formation.

• Solar nebulaRelated: The Sun-forming region was part of a molecular cloud before it collapsed.

• Herbig–Haro objectRelated: Young stars and the material their jets strike are commonly embedded in these clouds.

• Stellar associationRelated: The stars in an association typically emerge from the same molecular cloud.

• Star clusterRelated: Cluster stars often begin in the same molecular cloud.

• Carina NebulaRelated: Dense molecular material in the complex supplies the raw matter for new stars.

• Star formation rateRelated: These clouds provide the immediate raw material for most stars in nearby galaxies.

• Galactic tideRelated: Galactic tides can compete with a cloud’s self-gravity and affect its ability to collapse.

• Perseus ArmRelated: Molecular clouds supply the cold gas from which the arm’s young stellar populations emerge.

• Pillars of CreationRelated: Dense molecular gas supplies material for stars forming in and around the columns.

• Orion ArmRelated: Such clouds trace active star-forming regions within the arm.

• Coalsack NebulaRelated: Parts of the Coalsack contain cold material associated with molecular clouds.

• Super star clusterRelated: These clouds supply the dense gas from which super star clusters form.

• Double ClusterRelated: Molecular clouds provide the material from which open clusters form.

• Omega NebulaRelated: The nebula's stars formed within a molecular cloud whose remnants still surround them.

• Trifid NebulaRelated: The Trifid’s dense material includes the cold gas from which stars can form.

• Messier 7Related: Such clouds provide the raw material from which open clusters form.

• Sculptor GalaxyRelated: Dense molecular gas in NGC 253 supplies the raw material for its starburst.

• Stochastic self-propagating star formation modelRelated: Molecular clouds provide much of the dense gas from which stars form.