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.
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Whitney, B. How to make a massive star. Nature 437, 37–38 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/437037a
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