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RADIATION PRESSURE: The pressure exerted by the energy emitted from a star that can influence the surrounding gas and dust.

STAR FORMATION EFFICIENCY: The fraction of gas in a molecular cloud that actually forms stars.

MASSIVE STAR FORMATION: The creation of stars with a mass greater than eight times that of the Sun, which affects the surrounding nebula.

YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS (YSOS): Stars in the earliest stages of formation, still surrounded by gas and dust.

STELLAR FEEDBACK: The process by which stars affect their surrounding environment, influencing further star formation.

PROTOSTELLAR DISK: A rotating disk of gas and dust around a forming star, often leading to the formation of planetary systems.

BOK GLOBULES: Small, dark clouds of gas and dust that are potential sites of star formation.

DUST LANES: Dark, cold regions in star-forming nebulae where interstellar dust obscures light.

SHOCK-TRIGGERED STAR FORMATION: A type of star formation triggered by the shock waves from nearby supernovae or other stellar explosions.

HOT MOLECULAR CORE: A dense and heated region in a molecular cloud, where new stars are actively forming.