When stars are born, they do it inside a molecular cloud. Astronomers long assumed that the “crèche” supplied all the nutrients that protostars needed to form. However, it turns out they get help from outside the nest. A new study by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics delved into the role of …



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