The Early Evolution of Stars and Exoplanet Systems: Exploring and Exploiting Nearby, Young Stars (an Astro2020 Science White Paper)

Joel H. Kastner, Katelyn Allers, Brendan Bowler +12

Our knowledge of the population of young (age <=750 Myr) stars that lie within ~120 pc of the Sun is rapidly accelerating. The vast majority of these nearby, young stars can be pla…