Definitions for star formation
star for·ma·tion

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1. Star formation

   Star formation is the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space, sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions", collapse and form stars. As a branch of astronomy, star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium (ISM) and giant molecular clouds (GMC) as precursors to the star formation process, and the study of protostars and young stellar objects as its immediate products. It is closely related to planet formation, another branch of astronomy. Star formation theory, as well as accounting for the formation of a single star, must also account for the statistics of binary stars and the initial mass function. Most stars do not form in isolation but as part of a group of stars referred as star clusters or stellar associations.

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1. Star formation

   Star formation is the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space, sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions", collapse to form stars. As a branch of astronomy, star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium and giant molecular clouds as precursors to the star formation process, and the study of protostars and young stellar objects as its immediate products. It is closely related to planet formation, another branch of astronomy. Star formation theory, as well as accounting for the formation of a single star, must also account for the statistics of binary stars and the initial mass function.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of star formation in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of star formation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of star formation in a Sentence

1. Tao Wang:

   Previous studies have found extremely active star-forming galaxies in the early Universe, but their population is quite limited, star formation in the dark galaxies we identified is less intense, but they are 100 times more abundant than the extreme starbursts. It is important to study such a major component of the history of the Universe to comprehend galaxy formation.

2. Philipp Heck:

   Some people think that the star formation rate of the galaxy is constant, but thanks to these grains, we now have direct evidence for a period of enhanced star formation in our galaxy seven billion years ago with samples from meteorites. This is one of the key findings of our study.

3. Michael Werner:

   I think we chose the Tarantula Nebula as one of our first targets because we knew it would demonstrate the breadth of Spitzers capabilities, that region has a lot of interesting dust structures and a lot of star formation happening, and those are both areas where infrared observatories can see a lot of things that you cant see in other wavelengths.

4. Philipp Heck:

   We have more young grains than we expected, our hypothesis is that the majority of those grains, which are 4.9 to 4.6 billion years old, formed in an episode of enhanced star formation. There was a time before the start of the solar system when more stars formed than normal.

5. Allison Kirkpatrick:

   These galaxies are rare because they are in a transition phase weve caught them right before star formation in the galaxy is quenched.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Formation
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=star formation