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Ep. 12: Where Do Baby Stars Come From?

Posted by Play Podcast Astronomy Cast on November 27th, 2006 | 5 responses | [Download MP3]
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Ep. 12: Where Do Baby Stars Come From?

Stellar Nursery

Stellar Nursery
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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5 Responses to “Ep. 12: Where Do Baby Stars Come From?”

  1. yannesha says:
    March 31, 2008 at 11:38 am

    NERDS…. lol

  2. Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts says:
    April 20, 2008 at 11:41 am

    [...] about the birth and death of stars? We did a two part podcast at Astronomy Cast. Here’s part 1, Where Stars Come From, and here’s part 2, How Stars [...]

  3. MandyDax says:
    April 23, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    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.

  4. Yancy Dennis says:
    May 10, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    They come from mommy and daddy stars — ha ha!!!

  5. swampyankee says:
    October 27, 2009 at 9:33 am

    Wait, wait, you mean they don’t get delivered by the Stellar Stork (which has since changed its name to Grus ;-) )?

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