12.3.11

The process of star formation

The process of star formation is one we still don't understand very well. Here is a beautiful simulation of an initially turbulent interstellar cloud of gas collapsing to form many stars. The simulation, by Matthew R. Bate, Ian A. Bonnell, and Volker Bromm lets the gas turn into stars and then follows their motions.  The stars are the little dots.

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