a protostar will continue to collapse due to gravity until it reaches the main sequence, and then gravitational collapse will stop when fusion of hydrogen begins.
A protostar serves as a very young star which is very small in mass and still developing its mass from parent molecular cloud.
However, it can be affected by gravity because , when there is not collapse on the gravity, if there is fusion of hydrogen begins in it.
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