Our solar system is not quite as special as once believed, new research suggests
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 15:01
in Astronomy & Space
Some 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system's planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. While similar processes are witnessed in younger solar systems throughout the Milky Way, the formative stages of our own solar system were believed to have taken twice as long to occur. Now, new research, suggests otherwise. Indeed, our solar system is not quite as special as once believed.