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A star is born... Season's Greetings from the University of St Andrews.
A star is born...
Astrophysicists from the Universtities of St Andrews and Edinburgh have revealed how young stars can form within the deep and destructive gravity of black holes. This Scottish discovery is helping to broaden understanding of the origin of stars.
Image shows stars forming next to a black hole in the Milky Way.
(Credit: Bonnell and Rice.)