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Bok globule

[bok]

Bok globule

[bok]
noun Astronomy.
a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars.
Also called globule.


Origin:
1975–80; after Bart J. Bok (born 1906), American astronomer
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