Star formation
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| definition | The process by which dense parts of molecular clouds collapse into a ball of plasma to form a star. As a branch of astronomy, star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium and molecular clouds as precursors to the star formation process as well as the study of young stellar objects. | ||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie original | ||||||