The cloud would spin around space. A nearby star had exploded causing the cloud to shrink. A mass formed in the middle of gas. The mass became known as the Sun. Gas and clouds around the Sun created whirlpools. As the whirlpools spun it created masses around the Sun. This became known as the planets, which created the Solar System.
The cloud contracted under its own gravity and our proto-Sun formed in the hot dense center. The remainder of the cloud formed a swirling disk call the solar nebula. A solar nebula is a gaseous cloud. The nebular hypothesis has become the theory of the origin of our solar system. We can relate this to the vermiculite solar nebula lab. These are related because in the lab it showed us how gravity pulled most of the materials toward the center of the water which the water was representing gravity and the vermiculite that got pulled to the center was modeling the heavier more dense planets. The vermiculite that was pushed away from the center represented lighter less dense
During the next step of star formation the spin, pressure, and temperature inside the interstellar cloud continue to increase. Due to these increases the Bok Globules will split into the protoplanetary disk and the central core. The protoplanetary disk has the potential to actually change form and become planets. On the other hand, the central core will go on to become one of those loveable pin pricks of light in the sky that we call stars. (Strobel, Unknown)
When the sun was a young star, the leftover material formed what would be planetary disks. These are accounted by all the planets in the solar system. Venus was made into the second planet from the sun. Over the next billion years the planet formed. There
It started five billion years ago as a cloud of dust and gas about 10 billion kilometers in diameter that rotated slowly in space. This massive cloud shrank over time because of its own gravitational pull, or because of an exploding passing star. Most material collected in the center and it rotated faster as it shrank. Compression of the material made it hotter, which started hydrogen fusion, forming the sun. Ten percent of the material in the cloud formed a disk around the sun. Due to friction in the disk, most of the mass collected into whirlpools. These whirlpools shrank to form protoplanets. These protoplanets became planets and moons. Excess material became comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. A problem with this hypothesis is that it would be unlikely for a passing star to explode, because stars are very far apart from each other. Also, as with the nebular hypothesis, it would take an unreasonable amount of gravitational pull for the disk to condense into
It started five billion years ago as a cloud of dust and gas about 10 billion kilometers in diameter that rotated slowly in space. This massive cloud shrank over time because of its own gravitational pull, or because of an exploding passing star. Most material collected in the center and it rotated faster as it shrank. Compression of the material made it hotter, which started hydrogen fusion, forming the sun. Ten percent of the material in the cloud formed a disk around the sun. Due to friction in the disk, most of the mass collected into whirlpools. These whirlpools shrank to form protoplanets. These protoplanets became planets and moons. Excess material became comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. A problem with this hypothesis is that it would be unlikely for a passing star to explode, because stars are very far apart from each other. Also, as with the nebular hypothesis, it would take an unreasonable amount of gravitational pull for the disk to condense into
Okay so it all started as a nebular cloud. This this crowd was gargantuan it was about two light-years across from end to end and it was very cold and not dance at all. Since this cloud was so spread apart I meant that gravity alone was not enough Force to cause the particles of the clouds to come together. This means that some outside force had to act upon the cloud and that force was probably the explosion of a nearby star. When the star exploded it started a chain reaction that allowed gravity to take hold of the particles and begin the compression of the particles.
The solar system formed when a cloud of interstellar dust and gas collapsed. The oldest meteorite specimens are remnants of the very first geologic processes to occur in our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. Because the interstellar cloud had been slowly spinning, the result was a nearly flat rotating disk which is referred to as the solar nebula. Much of the dust and gas in the disk moved to the center of the nebula where it fed a growing protostar which eventually became our sun.
Since we first gazed upon the heavens, man has been perplexed over where the bright lights in the sky have come from. This report will provide information for the birth and death of both low and high mass stars that is supported by scientifically proven statements and observations. It is the long held belief of many, that molecular clouds are the nurseries of stars. These dense clouds of gas are most often found in the spiral arms of galaxies. Obviously, smaller cloud produce low mass stars while large clouds produce high mass stars which collapse much faster than their smaller siblings during the protostar phase ( Washington). At this point, the cloud is cool with very low pressure. Once these clouds of gas become dense enough, they collapse to create the beginnings of a star know
The first stage in the life cycle of a star is the Nebula. A Nebula is a swirling sea of dust and gas but, it is not a star yet. Over time, the dust and gas will collect into a ball that sweeps through the Nebula. The ball of gas and dust then begins to grow.
Our galaxy, The Milky Way, is composed of billion of stars of all ages, sizes and masses. A common stars, like our Sun, constantly gives out small amounts of X-ray radiation, and larger burst of X-rays during a solar flare. Along with our Sun, stars shine as a result of nuclear reaction that happens deep within their core. Causing chemical reactions that converts light elements into heavier ones and while releasing energy in the process. Energy from the central region provides pressure to keep the star from falling apart under its own weight. The contracting cloud is then called a protostar. A protostar is the earliest stage of a star’s life. A star is born when the gas and dust from a nebula become so hot that nuclear fusion starts. Once a star has “turned on” it is known as a main sequence star. When a main sequence star begins to run out of hydrogen fuel, the star becomes a red giant or a red supergiant.
Theories suggest that our solar system along with our Universe formed due to the “big bang.” The big bang was an explosion that in response, Geologists believe formed the Universe and occurred about 13.7 billion years ago. In just a matter of time, space and the building blocks of matter were created, and time soon began. From that moment, the Universe started to expand, and continues to expand to this day. Over billions of years, matter formed into large, complex structures that continue to evolve. However, recent speculations support the idea that the sun and planets concentrated from a nebula, which is described as a cloud of gas and dust in outer space. Particles of dust accumulated together and formed small chunks and then expanded into larger ones eventually forming into planets. One of the most important objects that was formed during this process was the sun.
There are nearly 2,000 exoplanets on the books, and much is known about them, at least in broad strokes, such as their sizes, masses and distances from Earth. Yet the details that give these celestial bodies their individuality — weather, winds, air, and even the colors of their skies — remain scant. This is particularly true for the growing number of small, Earth-size exoplanets, from which astronomers hope to glean clues about life's potential genesis elsewhere in the
Catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass is the reason the star suddenly increases greatly in brightness. The changes in the core of the star is when a Supernova is formed. A change that happens in two ways, both equal a Supernova.
Around 14 billion years ago, a giant nebula concentrated into a single tiny point, then proceeded to enlarge rapidly in a hot explosion and continues to expand. This explosion is said to have created the Universe, and is called the “big bang”. This same process happens when a star is being created. A large cloud of dust and gas, called a