Meaning of infant star | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of protostar.
2. A newly formed star; a star that has just begun to sustain a fusion reaction.

Examples

“Eventually, the energy released by the collapsing material raises the temperature in the core of an infant star enough to ignite self-sustaining nuclear reactions.”

“protostar: infant star in a gas cloud before it is hot enough for nuclear reactions to start”

“As nuclear fusion ignites at the centre of an infant star, the outer regions of the gas cloud that formed it are still falling inwards.”

“Perhaps thy sight is wandering far Throughout the kindled sky, In tracing every infant star Amid the lights on high,”

“Emitted radiation and a stellar wind flow from the infant star.”

“In one discovery, Spitzer's infrared eyes have peered into the place where planets are born—the center of a dusty disc surrounding an infant star—and sped the icy ingredients of planets and comets.”

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