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The Question
(Submitted April 26, 1999)
Inside a nebula, how big are the immense balls of dust and gas before they
become stars?
The Answer
That is a very good question.
The "proplyds" or protoplanetary disks, as these systems are called,
seem to be a few (about 5-8) times larger than our solar system.
For more information take a look at:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961017.html
Hope this helps,
Mike Arida
for Ask a High-Energy Astronomer
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