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They start as stellar nebulae - a cloud of molecular gases and dust. This collapsed, either under the force of its own gravity or helped by an external force such as a passing star or shock waves from a supernova explosion. The dust and gas began to collect into denser regions and as the denser regions pulled in more and more matter, conservation of momentum caused it to begin rotating, while increasing pressure caused it to heat up. Most of the material ended up in a ball at the centre which would become the star. The rest of the matter flattened out into disk that circled around it and could form planets.

After a time (100,000 years for our sun), the temperature and pressure at the core was high enough for thermonuclear fusion to begin. That is, hydrogen began to fuse into helium.

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