Darwinian Star Formation Weeds Out Wimps[zz]# Astronomy - 天文
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By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 10:11 am ET
24 April 2002
When stars are born on the same cosmic block, the principle of survival of
the fittest rules like nowhere else in the universe, a new study suggests.
Star formation may be more rambunctious than thought when it occurs in bursts,
generating crowded stellar neighborhoods. Stars sometimes form so closely
together that they must compete for the available gas in their natal cloud
of material. More massive stars are more capab
Senior Science Writer
posted: 10:11 am ET
24 April 2002
When stars are born on the same cosmic block, the principle of survival of
the fittest rules like nowhere else in the universe, a new study suggests.
Star formation may be more rambunctious than thought when it occurs in bursts,
generating crowded stellar neighborhoods. Stars sometimes form so closely
together that they must compete for the available gas in their natal cloud
of material. More massive stars are more capab