https://freerepublic.com/tag/gouldbelt/ en-us Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:13:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3806969/posts Stars are formed within large clouds of gas and dust known as stellar nurseries. While star formation was once seen as a simple gravitational process, we now know it is a complex dance of interactions. When one star forms it can send shock waves through the interstellar medium that trigger other stars to form. Supernovae and galactic collisions can trigger the creation of stars as well. In the late 1800s, astronomer Benjamin Gould studied OB stars and found that many of them lie within a partial ring within our galaxy, titled about 20 degrees from the plane of the Milky... Univese Today https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3806969/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:13:31 GMT