Bart Bok

✶April 28, 1906

†August 5, 1983

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About their life

Bartholomeus Jan "Bart" Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer, teacher, and lecturer. He is best known for his work on the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, and for the discovery of Bok globules, which are small, densely dark clouds of interstellar gas and dust that can be seen silhouetted against brighter backgrounds. Bok suggested that these globules may be in the process of contracting, before forming into stars.

Dutch-American astronomer (1906–1983)

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Biography from the article Bart Bok on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.