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Absorption nebula

A region in space that is made of dust and gas which has no stars to illuminate it from within. As such, these objects are completely dark and obscure any light from stars or emission nebulae which may lie behind them. These clouds are usually very cold with typical temperatures range in 10 to 20° Kelvin. They are composed of approximately cosmic abundance and provide the conditions necessary for some complex chemistry to take place. This chemistry is thought to occur between atoms which adhere to the surfaces of the dust particles and then come into contact with one another. It is in these cold clouds that gravitational instabilities occur which cause regions to collapse and form new stars.

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