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Newborn stars are found within
brilliant, colorful nebulae.

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However, star formation begins
in dark, dense clouds.

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Within one vast dark cloud, gravity collapses
thousands of individual dense clumps.

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The core of a massive dense clump will
compress and heat until it forms a protostar.

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A protostar grows as a disk of
gas and dust accretes onto it,

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and some of the accreting material
is ejected along twin opposing jets.

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While the star finishes its formation, planets
build up within the surrounding disk.

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A few hundred million years later, the
new solar system has assembled.

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Stars and planets form together, at
billions of sites across our galaxy.

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