Aug 8, 2016
Feature Guest: Aaron Boley
Is our solar system unique? That's becoming a major question for
researchers. It turns out solar system formation is a far more
complex process than anyone imagined. Gas giants migrate in and
out. Planets swap places with each other. And bodies of all shapes
and sizes appear at every conceivable distance from their star. To
make sense of what might literally be a chaotic system today I’m
joined at The Star Spot by Aaron Boley, Canada Research Chair in
Planetary Astronomy.
Current in Space
About Our Guest
Aaron Boley is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in
Planetary Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. He
studied at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Switzerland
before holding a Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University
of Florida. Boley is a frequent guest at public science events,
having presented to Café Scientifique, Vancouver’s VanCityBuzz and
the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.