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What is the birth of a star like? [closed]
Here's what I'm curious about. So this hydrogen gas collects and at some point, it eventually becomes a star. What does that process look like? If you were there as a witness to the formation of a ...
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Characteristics of the first planets in the Universe?
What would have the very first planets looked like, based on their most likely chemical compositions?
For example:
Were they mostly grey gas giants with atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, ...
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How do we calculate heat flow or cooling rate for no fusion brown dwarf star?
I was reading this article and it said something that didn't sit right with me.
"SIMP0136 still gives off light mostly in the infrared wavelengths, as its temperature is now approximately 830° C (1,...
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