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Accretion (astrophysics)

space Maturity 9-11

Space things grow big.

Artist’s Impression of a Baby Star Still Surrounded by a Protoplanetary Disc.jpg
Artist’s Impression of a Baby Star Still Surrounded by a Protoplanetary Disc.jpg
Tiny bits pull together. They make stars and planets. This helps build our home. It is how the world starts. Do you like looking at the stars?

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File:HL Tau protoplanetary disk.jpg
HL Tau protoplanetary disk.jpg
File:Embryonic Stars in the Trifid Nebula.jpg
Embryonic Stars in the Trifid Nebula.jpg
File:Embedded Outflow in Herbig-Haro object HH 46 47.jpg
Embedded Outflow in Herbig-Haro object HH...
File:Accretion Disk Binary System.jpg
Accretion Disk Binary System.jpg
File:Artist’s Impression of a Baby Star Still Surrounded by a Protoplanetary Disc.jpg
Artist’s Impression of a Baby Star Still...
File:Chondrules grassland 1.jpg
Chondrules grassland 1.jpg
File:UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical_(rotated).png
UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical_(rotated).png
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