The Orion Nebula: Where Stars are Born

The Orion Nebula: Where Stars are Born
ISBN-10
067401183X
ISBN-13
9780674011830
Category
Science
Pages
170
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
C. Robert O'Dell

Description

The Orion Nebula is the closest center of massive star formation--a stellar nursery that reproduces the conditions in which our own Sun formed some 4.5 billion years ago. In this book, O'Dell explains what the Nebula is, how it shines, its role in giving birth to stars, and the insights it affords into how common (or rare) planet formation might be.

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