# Dr. Merel van 't Hoff -- The Birth of the Planets

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Podcast: [The Astrophysics Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-astrophysics-podcast-6738395)
Published: 2025-10-01T04:00:20+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/astrophysics/2247098
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## Resource

How did the planets form? What was going on in the first few brief million years of our solar system? And how did it impact what we see in our solar system today? Dr. Merel van 't Hoff takes us on a journey through astrochemistry to understand the planetary wombs that house solar systems in their prenatal years.

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