The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.
I was listening to the radio program Coast to Coast this morning and heard about a mysterious object in M82. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/ I believe this program often has off the wall articles, but the story I've linked is about astronomy. The link above cuts straight to the story.
