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The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex is a large group of bright nebulae, dark clouds, and young stars in the Orion constellation. The cloud is between 1,500 and 1,600 light-years away, and hundreds of light-years across.
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The nebula is important because of its sheer size, as it spreads several degrees from Orion's Belt to his sword. It is also one of the most active regions of stellar formation visible in the night sky, and is home to both protoplanetary discs and young stars
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The presence of ripples on the surface of Orion's Molecular Cloud have been discovered recently. The ripples result from the expansion of the nebulae gas over pre-existing molecular gas.
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