Professor Hanno Rein - University of Toronto at Scarborough
Dimitri Veras I am an astrophysicist who researches the contents of planetary systems (including our own solar system) in a wide variety of contexts, across both time and space. I have published academic articles about forming, destroying and evolving planets, asteroids, moons and comets while they interact with their parent star or stars.
You can view (or listen to Link opens in a new window ) some media attention regarding different aspects of my work from BBC News Link opens in a new window , BBC Sky at Night Magazine Link opens in a new window , BBC Science Focus Link opens in a new window , The Independent Link opens in a new window , National Geographic 1 Link opens in a new window , National Geographic 2 Link opens in a new window , The Conversation 1 Link opens in a new window , The Conversation 2 Link opens in a new window , Forbes L
My most significant current research focus is on the **future and fate** of extrasolar asteroids, comets, moons and planets: how they traverse the violent giant branch stellar evolution phases and "pollute" these stars after they become "white dwarfs". The Sun will become a giant branch star and then white dwarf, and might very well be polluted by asteroids, comets or even planets such as the Earth!
Professor Hanno Rein - University of Toronto at Scarborough