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I'm an astronomer investigating how stars and planets came to be. I was directing the Calar Alto Observatory before becoming a professor of stellar astrophysics at the University of Vienna.

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Department of Astronomy
University of Vienna
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1180 Vienna, Austria

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Interview for Servus TV (Hubble - Mission Universum)

posted Sep 28, 2011 1:32 PM by Joao Alves   [ updated Sep 29, 2011 4:07 AM ]
Here is my contribution to the "Hubble - Mission Universum" series by the Austrian TV channel Servus TV. In it I create a star with my bare hands, while discussing my research in star and planet formation. I confess I was impressed by the quality of the series, well done, Servus TV.