Star formation
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star-formation-189-3688388
title:
Star formation
text:
Star formation is the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space, sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions", collapse and form stars. As a branch of astronomy, star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium (ISM) and giant molecular clouds (GMC) as precursors to the star formation process, and the study of protostars and young stellar objects as its immediate products. It is closely related to planet formation, another
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encyclopedia
description:
Process by which dense regions of molecular clouds in interstellar space collapse to form stars
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_formation
date created:
2002-03-11T21:25:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T02:56:46Z
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