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Dr. Law Explains Star and Planet Formation Processes

4/13/2026

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  • The new podcast episode features Dr. Charles Law explaining the universal processes by which stars and planets form.
  • It describes how contracting cold molecular gas clouds form dense clumps that collapse into protostars, leading to planet formation over millions of years.
  • The discussion notes that this formation can occur within about 10 million years and highlights young systems such as Gomez’s Hamburger, which hosts the exoplanet GoHam b.