Star Forge · Space

STAR FORGE SIMULATION

▸ Scanning the cold molecular cloud…

▸ Computing the Jeans mass & collapse conditions

▸ Building the accretion disk + bipolar jets

▸ Wiring the core thermometer to the fusion threshold

▸ Igniting gravitational collapse…

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Core thermometer

🌡️ Protostar core temperature

10⁷ K = fusion ignites

Core mass—

Stage—

Core temperature—

Progress—

Will become—

Fusion—

Note

The core mass decides which star is born — or whether it fails into a brown dwarf.

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Left-drag = rotate · right-drag = pan · scroll = zoom · click the CORE for details · adjust mass & run the collapse in the right column

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Core temperature & collapse over time core temperaturecollapse degree