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Simulation of star formation by collapse of molecular clouds (2008). The calculation models the collapse and fragmentation of a molecular cloud with a mass 50 times that of our Sun. The cloud is initially 1.2 light-years (9.5 million million kilometres) in diameter, with a temperature of 10 Kelvin (-263 degrees Celsius).
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Credits: The Formation of Stars and Brown Dwarfs and the Truncation of Protoplanetary Discs in a Star Cluster, Matthew R. Bate, Ian A. Bonnell, Volker Bromm, UK Astrophysical Fluids Facility, University of Leicester, Francis Villatoro and YouTube via Timm Drossart, animated GIFs and Google+
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