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Graham Pearson starts his presentation with a list of characteristics that make Richard Carlson a good friend and mentor.

Artist’s illustration of a planetary disk, a region of dust and gas where planets form. The zoom-in insert displays carbon monoxide molecules in the ice phase. Credit Required: M.Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

A composite image showing the Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaching the Ryugu asteroid. Spacecraft image is courtesy of NASA. Asteroid image is courtesy of JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, Aizu University, and AIST.

Kara Brugman is an experimental petrologist who uses extreme temperatures and pressures to study the early years of planets. Here she welds a platinum capsule that will hold the sample (a tiny pocket of magma) for an experiment.