Massive stars, with masses ten or more times that of the Sun, dominate our Universe. Theories of how these stars form are now being challenged by observations of a collapsing cloud of gas and dust.
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Tan, J. A dark cloud unveils its secrets. Nature 500, 537–538 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/500537a
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