The origins of our solar system can be understood by studying how stars and planets form and evolve in our local neighborhood. Stars form in clusters large and small, our own likely formed in a region with massive stars. Planetary systems are then assembled with a diversity of architectures, including many systems that look unlike ours. The seeds for these planets were planted through generations of stellar lives and explosions.
Researchers at KIAA research the topics of star formation, planet formation, and stellar evolution through simulations and observations. Observations of star and planet formation use state-of-the-art telescopes, including ALMA, FAST, Gaia, HST, and JWST to assess all stages for cloud formation to filaments, core collapse, and disk and stellar evolution. Simulations of planet formation include assessments of star-disk interactions and disk physics. Research with LAMOST reveal stellar evolution and enrichment of the galaxy, including searches for the first stars.
Faculty members: Ruobing Dong, Subo Dong, Gregory Herczeg, Ke Wang,
Lile Wang, Huawei Zhang
