Rocky Planet Births Are Common, Dead Stars Suggest
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 17:42
in Astronomy & Space
Asteroid debris around the remains of dead stars once like our sun show chemical signatures similar to the makeup of our solar system's terrestrial worlds, according to a new study.
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