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. ✅
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Simulation room Star Forge

Star Forge
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collapse · disk · jets
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