that the gas pressure is insufficient to support it, the cloud will undergo gravitational collapse. The critical mass above which a cloud will undergo such collapse is called the Jeans mass. This mass depends on the temperature and density of the cloud but is typically thousands to tens of thousands of solar masses.

Stellar remnants

At what is called the star's death (when a star has consumed its supply of fuel), it will undergo a contraction that can be

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