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How do interstellar hydrogen atoms form stars?
I would like to learn the basics about how interstellar matter contracts into stars under the influence of gravity.
Some of my questions:
Let's assume an ideal and infinite large cloud of equally ...
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Was Sun a part of a binary system?
I've read that many stars and other celestial bodies are found to constitute binary systems where the two bodies spin around each other. But our Sun is one of the exceptions. Could it be possible that ...
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How did enough material from other dying stars accumulate to start our sun and planets?
How far apart do scientists estimate was/were the dying star(s) that supplied the elements that comprise our sun, planet, and us? With stars so far apart and expansion of space (as I understand it) ...
