Cloud Composition Clouds are a fascinating part of our sky, made up of countless tiny water droplets or ice crystals. When ...

When you're up in the air, looking at the white fluffy clouds, you may wonder about the science of it all. But there are some other practical questions that often pop up when we're on a plane.

Researchers found that 40% of molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud are 'fluffy', offering new insights into early star formation. Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, ...

“However, more diffuse, fluffy molecular clouds have not received as much attention over the past decade.” Although these structures are lighter than the molecular clouds with filamentary ...

ALMA 0.1 pc View of Molecular Clouds Associated with High-mass Protostellar Systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Are Low-metallicity Clouds Filamentary or Not? The Astrophysical Journal , 2025 ...