The life of a star spans many years, anywhere from millions to billions. They all start the same way, though — as massive clouds of gas, dust, and various other types of debris. These clouds are called nebulae, and they exist for millions of years before they begin to collapse in on themselves and create a star. As myriad occurrences disturb and change a nebula’s shape and structure over millions of years, it slowly begins to shrink, spin faster,
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