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This chapter highlights the growing understanding of the physical interaction between nebulae and stars and star birth, with an explanation of how stars are formed from the interstellar medium and how the enrichment of the interstellar medium by star death leads to new generations of stars with richer chemistries.
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Griffiths, M. (2016). The Astrophysics of Nebulae. In: Observing Nebulae. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32884-3_2
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