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Most parents have had that uncomfortable conversation with their children at some point. Mommy, Daddy, where do stars come from? You hem and haw, mumble a few words about angular momentum and primordial hydrogen and then cleverly change the subject. Well, you don’t have to
avoid the subject any longer. Pamela and Fraser describe formation of stars, large and small, in a tasteful manner, using only understandable and scientific language.
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March 31, 2008
NERDS…. lol
April 23, 2008
When 10^57 hydrogen atoms love each other very much…
Fraser and Pamela, I’ve recently started listening to these. Good work. I’m enjoying them very much.
May 10, 2009
They come from mommy and daddy stars — ha ha!!!
October 27, 2009
Wait, wait, you mean they don’t get delivered by the Stellar Stork (which has since changed its name to Grus ;-))?
January 30, 2013
i am looking for a serous scientific story about the universe
January 21, 2015
Pamela this is a good conversation but it looks you don’t have complete resuts of what really cause the baby stars I have listen to this and it helps to know more about the causes of baby’s stars and how it comes. But
March 17, 2015
SHOUTOUT TO MR. DYKES ASTRONOMY CLASS IN RIDLEY HIGHSCHOOL!
October 28, 2019
Looking toward the end of life stage of our sun, would it be possible to somehow cause the “ignition” of Jupiter, turning it into a small star, or does it simply have inadequate mass to support fusion?