lunes, 17 de diciembre de 2018

Chapter 1: A Star Is Born | Life and Death of a Planetary System – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System

Chapter 1: A Star Is Born | Life and Death of a Planetary System – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System



A Star Is Born

It all begins with an unimaginably cold cloud. This cloud contains the seeds of whole new worlds – stars and planets about to be born.
Molecules of hydrogen and helium gas, which normally zip around at high speeds, slow down and clump together because of gravity. Tiny grains of silicates, iron and carbon-rich material — together classified simply as "dust" — send some of the gas’s energy back out into space, making the cloud even colder. The dust grains spiral into the central knot of matter, like water running down a drain.

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