"Star formation" refers to the process of new stars being born in space. It happens when clouds of gas and dust come together and collapse under their own gravity, creating a hot and glowing sphere of energy.
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- It doesn't have gigantic regions of star formation in its arms, it doesn't have a rectangular bar in its center, it doesn't appear to have large satellite galaxies. (discovermagazine.com)
- An alternate possibility is a relatively recent burst of star formation in the inner galaxy, probably within the last 10 million years. (scientificamerican.com)
- How this cold gas — the raw material for star formation in galaxies — can be accelerated to such high speeds had remained a mystery. (sciencedaily.com)
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