Concept information
Preferred term
Interstellar clouds
Definition
- An aggregation of gas and dust in the interstellar medium containing large quantities of atoms, molecules, and dust. There are several types of interstellar clouds, such as diffuse interstellar clouds, dark clouds, molecular clouds. (en)
Broader concept
- Interstellar medium (en)
Narrower concepts
- Dark interstellar clouds (en)
- Dense interstellar clouds (en)
- Diffuse interstellar clouds (en)
- Evaporating gaseous globules (en)
- High-velocity clouds (en)
- Interstellar dust (en)
- Molecular clouds (en)
- Neutral hydrogen clouds (en)
- Plasma clouds (en)
Entry terms
- Interstellar globules (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/834
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