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.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net