Watch this beautiful, high-resolution simulation of how stars are born
The STARFORGE simulation accounts for all the phenomena thought to influence the birth of new stars
![a purple/orange cloud with bright stars sprinkled throughout on a black background](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/051921_mt_starformation_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
In a new computer simulation called STARFORGE (pictured), an enormous cloud of gas collapses into a collection of new stars.
Northwestern University, University of Texas at Austin