Friday, January 16, 2009

The Man Who Made Stars and Planets

Thirty-five years ago, astrophysicist Alan Boss set off on a seemingly quixotic project: He wanted to figure out how planets form around stars. At the time astronomers knew little about the early history of our solar system. Boss has had an uncanny ability to guess how stars and planets are formed and has spent thirty years doing so.

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