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Explorations

Chapter 13: Interstellar Matter and Star Formation

Interstellar Dust
Visit this NASA site to find out more about the many clouds of gas and dust in the Milky Way galaxy.
Visit the Stellar Birth web site
Star Birth
This site will raise perplexing questions about the formation of new generations of stars for you to ponder. (To see some research on how interstellar clouds collapse and form new stars, go to the web site of the research group at Leeds University: http://www.ast.leeds.ac.uk/research/starplanetform.html.)
Visit the The Birth of a Star web site
Star Clusters
This site includes a lot of information on globular clusters and a number of additional links on the topic.
Visit the Globular Clusters web site