#3222: Star Formation

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A black dot with star burst all around it is speaking, as indicated with a line from one of the burst lines to the text above it. Around the dot there are four larger and three small clouds. The one to the top right is somewhat larger than the other bigger ones.]

Dot: I think I did a good job with this universe.

Dot: Pressure waves dance through gas clouds.

Dot: They clump together and then pressure pushes them apart.

[In a fame-less panel the dot comments on the development as the largest cloud from seems to be gathering several other smaller clouds together. The other three larger clouds are still there, but there now seems to be some larger clouds stuck together in the upper right part, with more than ten smaller cloud either on top of these or moving in from all angles.]

Dot: Oh weird, that big clump of clouds is staying together.

Dot: Their gravity is overcoming the pressure and more gas is falling in.

[The dot keeps commenting as the increasingly fragmentary clouds start to fall in streaks towards the original large cloud, which has now been compressed so it is smaller than before, but obviously are many more clouds stuck together. The larger clouds from before have begun to be drawn out and moving towards the larger.]

Dot: It's not stopping!

Dot: The heat is rising but the collapse is only accelerating!

Dot: I messed up bad. I messed up bad.

[The dot comments on the final result. There is now a shining star in place of the dense field of clouds, radiating strongly in all directions, blowing the few remaining smaller clouds around it, nine in total, away from it.]

Dot: Noooooooo!!!

Dot: My beautiful clouds!

Dot: Ruined! It's all ruined!


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:It's ok, I still have some nice, cool gas clouds that aren't collapsing. As long as nothing ionizes them, I can continue to enjoy their ... HEY! NO!!!


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