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Pertebations within the dense molecular cloud lead to gravitational instabilities.



1.) Dense cloud regions become unstable, collapsing on themselves --

























2.) Additional in-fall is initiated, and the cloud fragments into dense cloud cores --



















3.) Some photons become trapped. Formation of a Protostar --






















4.) Evolution to a T Tauri Star --