bok globule

Bok glob·ule

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noun bok globule a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars. 1
noun bok globule A dark cloud of dense cosmic dust and gas in which star formation sometimes takes place. 0

before 1975

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1975-80; after Bart J. Bok (born 1906), American astronomer

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