How to Build a Planet

Where do planets come from? How did our solar system form? This video explains what stars and planets are made of and how they are created. Both planets and stars form together over millions of years from giant clouds of gas and dust. Tour a visualization of the Orion Nebula to see the creation of new systems and learn about plans to study them with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credits Narration: Nicole Fonarow Writing: Joel Green and Vonessa Schulze Design: Leah Hustak

Topics

  • planet formation
  • nebula
  • solar system
  • JWST
  • exoplanets
  • James Webb Space Telescope
  • infrared light
  • star formation
  • astronomy
  • planet orbit
  • spectroscopy