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Erg Chech 002: 4.6 Billion Year Old Meteorite Shed Light on the Evolution of the Solar System – Science Times
A meteorite that crash-landed in the Sahara Desert dating back to the early days of the solar system sheds new light on how protoplanets were formed. It also shows…
A single meteorite crash-landed in the Sahara Desert in 2020. The 4.6 billion-year-old primeval rock is the oldest known sample that may hint at a distant baby relative of Earth.
Dating the aged mineral of the meteorite revealed that it originated in the early versions of our solar system from the crust of a rocky celestial body in the midst of developing into a new planet – a protoplanet.
Meteorite Proof of Distant Earth Relatives
A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy…
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