Unique Fragment From Earth's Formation Returns After Billions of Years in Cold Storage
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 15:40
in Astronomy & Space
In a paper to be published today in the journal Science Advances, lead author Karen Meech of the University of Hawai`i's Institute for Astronomy and her colleagues conclude that C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) formed in the inner Solar System at the same time as the Earth itself, but was ejected at a very early stage.