In the beginning, there was just gashydrogen drifting in nebulous cloudsassuming fantastic shapeswithin which gravity began togroup the atoms into clumpsflocculating into formless blobsthat swarm and meld togetheruntil the weakest of fundamental forcesis magnified by unimaginable volumestemperature rising with such pressurethat eventually combustion spontaneouslyignites the first generation of stars A star is a balancing actbetween … Continue reading Stardust