Author : C. Robert O'Dell
Release : 2003-10-31
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 830/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Orion Nebula by : C. Robert O'Dell
Download or read book The Orion Nebula written by C. Robert O'Dell. This book was released on 2003-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orion Nebula is the closest center of massive star formation—a stellar nursery that reproduces the conditions in which our own Sun formed some 4.5 billion years ago. In this book, O’Dell explains what the Nebula is, how it shines, its role in giving birth to stars, and the insights it affords into how common (or rare) planet formation might be.