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Name: Rubina Visuvanathan
Imagine a clear empty sky, not a cloud in sight. Your telescope aimed towards a nondescript spot in the sky. A slight glimmer catches your attention. Did that star just wink at you? Well, maybe it's just a trick of the eye. Perhaps, just perhaps... you've just witnessed the birth of a star. Well, highly unlikely.
Why? Read on and you shall understand.
For the layman, the very idea of star formation is difficult to grasp. The magnitude needs to be clarified. How does one understand collapsing clouds of gas and dust? When you think gas, the layman thinks 'lighter than air'. Of course, the scientist realizes that there are various types, both lighter & heavier and in the topic of star formation, we are talking about massive masses/volumes of gases many hundreds & thousands of times larger than our Earth.
Now let us look back in time. Stars have been important to civilizations throughout the world. Stars have been used in religious practices,......
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