This is a Simulation of the Interstellar Medium Flowing Like Smoke Throughout the Milky Way

This is a Simulation of the Interstellar Medium Flowing Like Smoke Throughout the Milky Way
By Evan Gough

How do stars form? We know they form from massive structures called molecular clouds, which themselves form from the Interstellar Medium (ISM). But how and why do certain types of stars form? Why, in some situations, does a star like our Sun form, versus a red dwarf or a blue giant? That’s one of the …

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January 20, 2021 at 12:48AM
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