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Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

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Title: Ep. Astronomy Cast  678: World Building: Planet Formation, Growth & Ejection

Organization: Astronomy Cast

Link: http://www.astronomycast.com

Description

Okay sci-fi writers, today we’re going to give you a guided tour of building planets. How they form, how they grow, and how things can go horribly horribly wrong.

[Editor’s Note: Google HL Tau, click on the Wikipedia link and see planets forming!]

Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute and a Director of  CosmoQuest. They team up to do Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos

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