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Astronomers create most realistic simulation of stars being born — and it’s beautiful – CNET
The Starforge project provides a high-resolution model of cosmic nurseries, the giant gas clouds were stars form.
Simulation of star formation in a massive giant molecular cloud.
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Massive clouds of gas are the universe’s nurseries. Within them, atoms are squeezed together until they kick off a cascade of fusion reactions. It’s here, in the gas clouds, that a star is born.
Lady Gaga wept.
Astrophysicists understand the birthing process well, but when they look out into space, they can’t get a good look at stars forming in real time. A star, like our sun, takes about 50 million years to become…
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