Quote (Kamikizzle @ Tue, Mar 31 2009, 11:35pm)

star nurseries are like galaxy sized chucks of largely hydrogen and helium gas. after millions of years gravity attracts the gas together until theres solar system size clouds of the stuff, and eventually forms a disk of gas circling about a center. when the center is massive enough the heat and pressure begin fusion and a star is born. blackholes dont form in here without the collapse of a star because they start fusion much earlier than they have the time to grow large enough to collapse on itself. note that during this process, the star can begin fusion and still have a large disk of gas around it. so it can still grow much larger even after its ignited

http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/technology/media/star_formation_02.jpg

this is an illistration of the center (the infant star) with gas circling about it

Quote (Jazz_Thing @ Tue, Mar 31 2009, 04:57pm)

Essentially a star nursery is the physical reverse of a black hole? Instead of the neutron star being so dense and so tiny with such a gravitational force on the fabric of space time, the massive qualities of heat and pressure both fuse stars. Am I on the right track here?

The picture helped a lot, also do you believe that the universe is finite or infinite?

Quote (Belaf @ Sat, Apr 4 2009, 05:03am)

http://i42.tinypic.com/1zg99ud.jpg

I believe this is the.gif your all looking for?

Quote (scottery @ Thu, Apr 2 2009, 04:30pm)

THis is a good one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q&feature=related

what telescopes do they use to get the pictures of all of this?

Quote (Belaf @ Sat, Apr 4 2009, 07:03am)

http://i42.tinypic.com/1zg99ud.jpg

I believe this is the.gif your all looking for?