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Key to rapid planet formationResearchers at LMU, the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have developed a new model to explain the formation of giant planets.
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Groundbreaking study reveals secrets of planet formationA team of astronomers, including physicists from LMU, has gained new insights into the process of planet formation.
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Til Birnstiel receives ERC Consolidator GrantThrough Consolidator Grants, the European Research Council (ERC) helps excellent scientists expand and consolidate their innovative research.
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Three LMU physicists make Highly Cited Researchers listThe latest analysis of publications places seventeen LMU scientists and academics, including three phycicists, among the most successful in their chosen field.
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"New Horizons in Physics"-Prize for Til Birnstiel
The LMU astrophysicist has won the award for his modeling of dust traps in protoplanetary disks, solving a long-standing puzzle in planet formation.
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11 JanPublic Talk by Til Birnstiel at the Deutsches MuseumTil Birnstiel presents an outreach talk in the Deutsches Museum on current research on planet formation.
University Observatory Munich
