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This book describes the gas and dust that fills the space between the stars giving complete coverage of the methods astronomers use to study this interstellar matter. The author explains where the matter came from in the first place, how it collects together in clouds and clumps, and the way in which new stars and planets form from material in space.Gareth Wynn-Williams is the author of 'The Fullness of Space', published 1992 under ISBN 9780521355919 and ISBN 0521355915.
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