Solar System Evolution: Peering Back at the Sun's Cosmic Womb
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 13:32
in Astronomy & Space
The solar system coalesced from a huge cloud of dust and gas that was isolated from the rest of the Milky Way galaxy for up to 30 million years before the sun's birth, a new study published online today (Aug. 7) in the journal Science suggests.