Protostar

A protostar is a large object of gas that forms by the contraction of a giant molecular cloud. A protostar is in the early stage of a star's life. The average star will last about 100,000 years. It is the balance of the cloud's molecules and dust particles that binds a protostar together; in simpler words, this means that the molecules and the particles are the gravity of a protostar.

Sir James Jeans discovered a formula to find out the gravitational potential of a cloud just after it started. This is known as the Jean's mass. The formula below has the following symbols: Basically, protostars are just made out of gas molecules and dust particles that are formed by huge clouds in space. A protostar was first discovered in ancient China, roundabout 200 AD. However, the first time it came into print was in 1889, when it was describe in a single sentence:
 * Where //n// is the density of a particle in the cloud,
 * Where //m// is the average mass of a particle in the cloud and,
 * Where //T// is the temperature of the gas in the cloud:

"A protostar acquiring two condensations will become a binary and be stable thereafter [..] Whether a binary or a single star results depends largely on the total angular momentum of the protostar"

Because they are not as popular as other things such as red giants, there are few examples. However, one good example is Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, or in simpler words, the Orion Complex. It lies 1500-1600 lights years away from Earth and is several lights year across. That creates the picture in the mind that we were earlier talking about. Some parts of the cloud need to be observed with a telescope whereas some can be sighted only by binoculars, or even to the plain eye!



Protostars are not named due to their difficulty in finding. However, there are several protostars that have been named in the Orion Nebula and Eagle Nebula.

There is no reason to suggest that a protostar might sustain human life. A human needs gravity which is adequately provided on a protostar. However, a protostar is a mixture of free-falling sand in space; this means that there is no solid object like the earth on which we stand. What is being suggested by putting life on protostars is that we //stand// on sand in outer space, which is quite abnormal, the reason to suggest that a human cannot live on a protostar. When it comes to evolutionary facts, it will take many generations just to adequately adapt, that is just for survival, to the harsh conditions of a protostar.

What we need to research further, or rather space projects like NASA, is that can we live just attracted by gravity while there is no solid mass in space. If yes, then we //can// survive on a protostar. However, if the answer is no, then further research is required. There is no such thing as impossible.

The nearest protostar in the Eagle Nebula is about 7000 light years away from Earth. Which means that it would take 148368133 years to get there by the fastest rocket plane, the X-15. And because it reaches outer space, that means despite being an aircraft, it still qualifies as a rocket by NASA (all its pilots who have flown it have been named as astronauts).

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