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Loading contentThe stage between a protostar and a fully-fledged star. Still contracting and drawing energy from gravity rather than fusion, the young star — a T Tauri star at low mass, a Herbig Ae/Be star at higher mass — is wrapped in an accretion disc and drives energetic jets, until its core grows hot enough to ignite hydrogen.
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