Life Story of A Star

A protostar is a star that is in the process of formation.

All stars and protostars form from a nebula.

The research on the protoplanetary disks was conducted by Dr. C. Robert O'Dell, Rice University and Zheng Wen, formerly of Rice and now at the University of Kentucky. For more information of these proplyd discoveries made with the Hubble Space Telescope Click here.

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