hrough both review articles and original research, the pages of Science have, over the years, offered a generous measure of insight into star formation studies -- from recent observations on brown dwarfs to speculations regarding the implications of activity in star formation regions for the development of biochemical homochirality. Here, we offer links to a selection of recent Science offerings on star formation and related topics, including several entries not previously available on Science Online.

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• Special Issues of Science
  • May 30, 1997: Stellar Birth and Death (v. 276, n. 5317)
  • January 7 2000: The Milky Way (v. 287, n. 5450)
  • January 4, 2002: Star Formation (v. 295, n. 5552)
• Other Selected Science Articles
  • Selections from the JSTOR Archive
  • Review Articles and Perspectives
  • Research Articles and Reports

May 30, 1997: Stellar Birth and Death
Vol. 276, No. 5317

Introduction: Stellar Birth and Death
Linda Rowan; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1315 (1997)
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Articles

Brown Dwarfs: A Possible Missing Link Between Stars and Planets
S. R. Kulkarni; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1350-1354 (1997)
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Young Stars and Their Surroundings
C. Robert O'Dell and Stephen V. W. Beckwith; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1355-1359 (1997)
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Nucleosynthesis in Stars: Recent Developments
David Arnett and Grant Bazan; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1359-1362 (1997)
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Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars and Their X-ray Emission
Ralph Neuhäuser; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1363-1370 (1997)
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Globular Clusters at Low and High Redshift
Denis Burgarella; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1370-1374 (1997)
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Type II Supernovae SN 1987A and SN 1993J
Roger A. Chevalier; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1374-1378 (1997)
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Type Ia Supernovae: Their Origin and Possible Applications in Cosmology
Ken'ichi Nomoto, Koichi Iwamoto and Nobuhiro Kishimoto; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1378-1382 (1997)
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Planetary Nebulae: Understanding the Physical and Chemical Evolution of Dying Stars
Ronald Weinberger and Florian Kerber; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1382-1386 (1997)
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Using Neutron Stars and Black Holes in X-ray Binaries to Probe Strong Gravitational Fields
Philip Kaaret and Eric C. Ford; vol. 276, no. 5317, p. 1386-1391 (1997)
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Introduction: Portrait of a Galaxy
Linda Rowan and Richard Stone; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 61 (2000)
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A Crushing End for Our Galaxy
Robert Irion; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 62-64 (2000)
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New Probe to Chart the Milky Way
Alexander Hellemans; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 63 (2000)
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Into the Lair of the Beast
Erik Stokstad; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 65-67 (2000)
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Biography of a Recluse
Erik Stokstad; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 66 (2000)
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A Magnifying Glass for the Milky Way
Govert Schilling; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 67-68 (2000)
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Reviews

The Formation and Early Evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy
Roland Buser; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 69-74 (2000)
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The Dark Halo of the Milky Way
Charles Alcock; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 74-79 (2000)
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The Baryon Halo of the Milky Way: A Fossil Record of Its Formation
Joss Bland-Hawthorn and Ken Freeman; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 79-84 (2000)
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The Galactic Center: An Interacting System of Unusual Sources
F. Yusef-Zadeh, F. Melia, and M. Wardle; vol. 287, no. 5450, p. 85-91 (2000)
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Introduction: Great Balls of Fire
Linda Rowan and Robert Coontz; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 63 (2002)
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The Runts of the Cosmic Litter
Robert Irion; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 64-65 (2002)
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The Quest for Population III
Robert Irion; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 66-67 (2002)
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Reviews

Clustered Star Formation and the Origin of Stellar Masses
Ralph E. Pudritz; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 68-75 (2002)
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Isolated Star Formation: From Cloud Formation to Core Collapse
Derek Ward-Thompson; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 76-81 (2002)
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The Initial Mass Function of Stars: Evidence for Uniformity in Variable Systems
Pavel Kroupa; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 82-91 (2002)
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Research Article

The Formation of the First Star in the Universe
Tom Abel, Greg L. Bryan, and Michael L. Norman; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 93-98 (2002)
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Perspective: How the Cosmic Dark Age Ended
Joel Kastner; vol. 295, no. 5552, p. 51-52 (2002)
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Selections from the JSTOR Archive

The Formation of Stellar Systems from Interstellar Molecular Clouds
Robert D. Gehrz, David C. Black, and Philip M. Solomon; vol. 224, no. 4651, p. 823-830 (1984)
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Interstellar Molecular Clouds
John Bally; vol. 232, no. 4747, p. 185-193 (1986)
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Star Formation in Irregular Galaxies
D. A. Hunter and J. S. Gallagher; vol. 243, no. 4898, p. 1557-1563 (1989)
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The Formation of Sunlike Stars
Charles J. Lada and Frank H. Shu; vol. 248, no. 4955, p. 564-572 (1990)
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Review Articles and Perspectives

Brown Dwarfs
John E. Gizis; vol. 294, no. 5543, p. 801-802 (2001)
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Toward Resolving the Mystery of Galaxy Formation
Marco Scodeggio; vol. 294, no. 5542, p. 537-538 (2001)
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The Morphological Evolution of Galaxies
Roberto G. Abraham and Sidney van den Bergh; vol. 293, no. 5533, p. 1273-1278 (2001)
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New Stars on the Block
Ray Jayawardhana; vol. 288, no. 5463, p. 64-65 (2000)
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Galaxy-Scale Mergers and Globular Clusters
François Schweizer; vol. 287, no. 5457, p. 1410-1411 (2000)
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Cosmochemistry: Through an Hourglass Darkly
Bradley S. Meyer; vol. 285, no. 5426, p. 350-351 (1999)
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Protostars and Planets
Sara S. Russell and Alan P. Boss; vol. 281, no. 5379, p. 932-933 (1998)
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Giant Planets to Brown Dwarfs: What Is in Between?
Filipe D. Santos; vol. 281, no. 5375, p. 359-360 (1998)
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Stormy Weather in Galaxy Clusters
Jack O. Burns; vol. 280, no. 5362, p. 400-404 (1998)
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Research Articles and Reports

Resolving the Structure of Ionized Helium in the Intergalactic Medium with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
G. A. Kriss et al.; vol. 293, no. 5532, p. 1112-1116 (2001)
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Perspective: Probing Matter at the Lowest Densities
Jordi Miralda-Escudé; vol. 293, no. 5532, p. 1055-1056 (2001)
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High-Resolution X-ray Imaging of a Globular Cluster Core: Compact Binaries in 47Tuc
Jonathan E. Grindlay, Craig Heinke, Peter D. Edmonds, and Stephen S. Murray; vol. 292, no. 5525, p. 2290-2295 (2001)
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Direct Detection of Galactic Halo Dark Matter
B. R. Oppenheimer, N. C. Hambly, A. P. Digby, S. T. Hodgkin, and D. Saumon; vol. 292, no. 5517, p. 698-702 (2001)
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The CIDA-QUEST Large-Scale Survey of Orion OB1: Evidence for Rapid Disk Dissipation in a Dispersed Stellar Populatio
César Briceño; vol. 291, no. 5501, p. 93-96 (2001)
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Perspective: Orion Sheds New Light on Star and Planet Formation
Joel Kastner; vol. 291, no. 5501, p. 57-58 (2001)
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Hot Plasma and Black Hole Binaries in Starburst Galaxy M82
R. E. Griffiths et al.; vol. 290, no. 5495, p. 1325-1328 (1999)
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Gone with the Wind: The Origin of S0 Galaxies in Clusters
Vicent Quilis, Ben Moore, and Richard Bower; vol. 288, no. 5471, p. 1617-1620 (2000)
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Windows Through the Dusty Disks Surrounding the Youngest Low-Mass Protostellar Objects
J. Cernicharo et al.; vol. 288, no. 5466, p. 649-652 (2000)
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A Search for Companions to Nearby Brown Dwarfs: The Binary DENIS-P J1228.2-1547
E. L. Martín, W. Brandner, and G. Basri; vol. 283, no. 5408, p. 1718-1720 (1999)
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Induced Massive Star Formation in the Trifid Nebula?
J. Cernicharo et al.; vol. 282, no. 5388, p. 462-465 (1998)
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ROSAT X-ray Detection of a Young Brown Dwarf in the Chamaeleon I Dark Cloud
Ralph Neuhäaut;user and Fernando Comerón; vol. 282, no. 5386, p. 83-85 (1998)
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The Formation of Substellar Objects Induced by the Collision of Protostellar Disks
D. N. C. Lin, G. Laughlin, P. Bodenheimer, and M. Róyczka; vol. 281, no. 5385, p. 2025-2027 (1998)
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Circular Polarization in Star-Formation Regions: Implications for Biomolecular Homochirality
Jeremy Bailey et al.; vol. 281, no. 5377, p. 672-674 (1998)
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News: Did Twisty Starlight Set Stage for Life?
Robert Irion; vol. 281, no. 5377, p. 626-627 (1998)
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X-ray and Molecular Emission from the Nearest Region of Recent Star Formation
J. H. Kastner, B. Zuckerman, D. A. Weintraub, and T. Forveille; vol. 277, no. 5322, p. 67-71 (1997)
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