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- noun Plural form of
protostar .
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Examples
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As Carl Sagan said, we are "star stuff," so we look for protostars and the regions around them for the "pre-biotic" molecules that could seed life on the future planets around those stars.
Radio Astrochemistry Nicole 2009
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The really interesting part of this discovery however, is just how far the water is propelled and the possibility that this stage may be a part of the life of many more protostars.
Star Shooting Intense Water Jets Into Space Spotted By Herschel Telescope 2011
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The really interesting part of this discovery however, is just how far the water is propelled and the possibility that this stage may be a part of the life of many more protostars.
Star Shooting Intense Water Jets Into Space Spotted By Herschel Telescope 2011
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As Carl Sagan said, we are "star stuff," so we look for protostars and the regions around them for the "pre-biotic" molecules that could seed life on the future planets around those stars.
Archive 2009-02-13 Nicole 2009
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Spread over both sides of the 65 lbs heavy cover stock paper, the map, measures 25 x 38 inches and “documents the location, relative sizes and names of the 215 terraformed worlds and moons, seven gas giants, seven protostars and five distinct star systems that comprise the star cluster known as The Verse.”
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A cross-correlation analysis shows that FUor and FUor-like spectra are not consistent with late-type dwarfs, giants, nor embedded protostars.
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In AD 2517, long after an ecologically-devastated Earth had to be abandoned, humanity has settled the 34 Tauri-2020 star system colloquially known as 'The Verse', consisting of five stars and numerous planets, moons, gas giants, brown dwarf protostars and their own attendant worlds.
Wertzone Classics: Firefly Adam Whitehead 2009
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In AD 2517, long after an ecologically-devastated Earth had to be abandoned, humanity has settled the 34 Tauri-2020 star system colloquially known as 'The Verse', consisting of five stars and numerous planets, moons, gas giants, brown dwarf protostars and their own attendant worlds.
Archive 2009-06-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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So what has that got to do with the formation of protostars and what is seen in the video?
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In the case of Source I and other massive protostars, magnetic field lines may extend outward into space, wrapping in a helix that is shaped much like Twizzlers candy.
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