Building Stars, Planets and the Ingredients for Life in Space

IN-PERSON: The Rice Space Institute presents a William V. Houston Memorial Lecture by Erwine F. van Dishoeck, emeritus professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Description: "Thousands of planets have been discovered around stars other than our Sun. But how and where are these exo-planets born, and why are they so different from those in our own solar system? Which ingredients are available to build them? Thanks to powerful new telescopes, including the new James Webb Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimeter Array, astronomers can now zoom in to planetary construction sites and study their composition. Water and a surprisingly rich variety of organic materials are found near forming stars. Can they be delivered to new planets to form the basis for life elsewhere in the universe?"

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