The Kennicutt–Schmidt law, formulated by B. D. Kennicutt in the early 1990s, describes the empirical relationship between the surface density of star formation and the surface density of gas in galaxies. This law is significant in astrophysics as it provides insight into how stars form and evolve across different types of galaxies.

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