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can any1 plz answer this question! this is from a physics past ppr in Oct 10!
Explain, in outline, how a low-density cloud of hydrogen in space becomes a star.
Various clouds get together forming a big blob with a lot of gravitational potential energy, these large blobs of cloud pull towards them other particles and clouds as well (due to gravity), at some time, the potential energy changes into heat energy and fusion occurs where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium atoms. This, very large blob shines brightly because of the great amount of energy produced by fusion and hence, becomes a huge star in the galaxy.
This is not a thorough explanation but should be enough for the answer.