Runnymede Library: How are New Solar Systems Born?

New stars are born in the Milky Way every year, but stellar nurseries are veiled by dense clouds of gas and dust. Dr. Rachel Friesen explains how stars and solar systems form and how astronomers peer into their birth sites using telescopes on earth and in space.

What's Out There? Lectures in Astronomy is presented in collaboration with the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics.