Hi Watson. I’m not really a decisive person, and I never really knew what I wanted to do that much. So I just ended up following the path of what I liked and what I was good at. That was Science (physics specifically). Which took me to select them as A-Levels and then go to University. At Uni I had the choice to go into Industry or stay on and do a PhD. The latter allowed me to continue researching what I wanted.
Hi RazorFist. Yes it is. It’s all about using computer simulate to replicate what we see in real life with telescopes. But, sometimes it goes horribly wrong – I once has a disk of material around two stars. I made the stars too big (accident) and I ripped the disk apart. I made a movie of it, it looks great. Also, a large part of my work is about the collisions that happen between the rocks in these disks, that form planets – more precisely smashing kilometre-sized rocks into each other in the name of science. I find using supercomputers to smash stuff into each other quite fun…
You generate, using a computer, a large disk of material; dust gas and rocks. You use a special code which calculates primarily the gravitational forces between the material and star(s). The rocks tend to collide with each other when they’re attracted. Then they either merge, bounce or explode on impact. If they merge then they grow into bigger and bigger rocks until they become planets. It’s one of the only ways we can test our current understanding of planet formation – since we can’t see it happening with telescopes.
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watson commented on :
why did you dicide to become a scientist
Stefan commented on :
Hi Watson. I’m not really a decisive person, and I never really knew what I wanted to do that much. So I just ended up following the path of what I liked and what I was good at. That was Science (physics specifically). Which took me to select them as A-Levels and then go to University. At Uni I had the choice to go into Industry or stay on and do a PhD. The latter allowed me to continue researching what I wanted.
RazorFist commented on :
is building planets fun?
Stefan commented on :
Hi RazorFist. Yes it is. It’s all about using computer simulate to replicate what we see in real life with telescopes. But, sometimes it goes horribly wrong – I once has a disk of material around two stars. I made the stars too big (accident) and I ripped the disk apart. I made a movie of it, it looks great. Also, a large part of my work is about the collisions that happen between the rocks in these disks, that form planets – more precisely smashing kilometre-sized rocks into each other in the name of science. I find using supercomputers to smash stuff into each other quite fun…
Georgia commented on :
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OwenRivers commented on :
how do you make the planets
Stefan commented on :
You generate, using a computer, a large disk of material; dust gas and rocks. You use a special code which calculates primarily the gravitational forces between the material and star(s). The rocks tend to collide with each other when they’re attracted. Then they either merge, bounce or explode on impact. If they merge then they grow into bigger and bigger rocks until they become planets. It’s one of the only ways we can test our current understanding of planet formation – since we can’t see it happening with telescopes.