How do planetary atmospheres form?

Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com

What does the inside of super-Earths look like?

Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com

How do young planets grow?

Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com

What kind of world was the earliest Earth?

Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com

How diverse are exoplanet climates?

Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com

How frequent are worlds like our own?

ESO / M. Kornmesser

Which environments enable abiogenesis?

Don Dixon

Forming Worlds Lab

Kapteyn Astronomical Institute · University of Groningen

Our research Publications Meet the team

The Forming Worlds Lab is part of the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

We investigate the formation and evolution of rocky planets, ultimately seeking to understand the planetary environmental conditions that led to the origin of life on the early Earth, and how widespread such places are in our galaxy.