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Nature 437, 37-38 (1 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437037a; Published online 31 August 2005
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Astrophysics: How to make a massive star
Barbara A. Whitney1
Abstract
Two competing theories have been applied to the formation of high-mass stars. Observations of two stellar systems now suggest that the accretion model has a weightier claim than its rival merger model.
How do high-mass stars form? Through accretion — the gravitational collapse of a dense cloud of gas and dust1 — as do better-understood stars of lower mass like the Sun?
- Barbara A. Whitney is at the Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA.
Email: bwhitney@spacescience.org
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