A New Hypothesis For The Birth Of The Solar System - Radioactive Pollution

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 12:07 in Astronomy & Space

A team of astrophysicists has developed 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.  If their hypothesis holds water, it could change our current ideas on the origin of the solar system. read more

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