Research project
Revealing the origins of solar systems: examining the formation of proto-planetary disks and binary stars
What is the origin of solar systems?
- Duration
- 2016
- Funding
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NWO Veni 2014
The origin of solar systems, also ours, lies in the formation of a rotating disc of gas and dust around a recently born star. But, how this process happens is not yet fully understood. Revolutionary new radio telescopes will be used to test theories about the origin of stars and disks.