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How the Planets Were Formed
Hal Levison is at the forefront of a branch of Astrophysics that is still struggling with the mysteries of how the planets formed from fine pieces of dust. About five years ago, Levison got the bug of trying to understand how material like this can form the planets we see today. The clip looks at the early thinking behind today鈥檚 scientific advances.
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