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Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system – Newswise
Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in the early solar system.
Newswise — Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in the early solar system. About 4.5 Ga (giga-anum, or billion years ago), as a large disc of dust and ice collapsed around our newly formed star, planets and smaller celestial bodies were formed. What followed was a chaotic and violent period of collisions and impacts as the familiar eight planets carved out their orbits to resemble the balanced system we observe today. Geological and geochemical records indic…
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