Gas Collapse in Star-Cluster Formation (VIDEO)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Caption

This computer simulation shows the collision of two streams of interstellar gas, leading to gravitational collapse of the gas and the formation of a star cluster at the center. The left side shows the density of interstellar gas (redder indicates higher density), and the right side shows the two "tracer dyes" added to show how the gas from the two streams mixes together during the collapse. Circles indicate stars.

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Y. Feng and M. Krumholz

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