Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:49
in Astronomy & Space
Contrary to scientists' expectations, much of the comet dust returned by NASA's Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was somehow differentiated from the other materials that are believed to have formed in the early solar system.
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