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    Protostar vs pre-main-sequence star

    Feb 10, 2021 2 minutes

    Most T Tauri stars are young pre-main-sequence stars that were born within the last several million years and are less than 2.5 times as massive as the Sun. T Tauri itself, however, may be an even younger variety of star, called a protostar.

    Despite their similar names, the two stellar

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