stellar nursery

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stellar nursery

noun stellar nurseries

An area of outer space within a dense nebula in which gas and dust are contracting, resulting in the formation of new stars. Karl Henize, a Northwestern astronomer, reported finding a cluster of 33 stars in a stellar nursery. The stars recently condensed from surrounding clouds of dust.

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@misc{stellar_nursery_2026,
  title = {stellar nursery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stellar%20nursery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}