Earth and Space
Viral star birth
Stories from Physics
for 11-14
14-16
Star formation in nebulae can be contagious. When large stars are formed in a nebula, the intense radiation produced can compress the surrounding gas and cause the formation of more stars. The shockwave resulting from a supernova can also trigger the collapse of gas in a nebula and seed the formation of new stars.
References
Viral star birth
M. A. Seeds, D. Backman, Stars and Galaxies, Boston, MA, Cengage Learning, 2016, p. 230
