Radioactive Material From Dying Supernova May Have Spawned Our Solar System
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 10:28
in Astronomy & Space
Astrophysicists have discovered a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system. Radioactive nuclei found in the earliest meteorites, dating back billions of years, could have been delivered by a nearby dying giant star of six times the mass of the sun.