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January 17, 2015

Meteorites weren't exactly the building blocks of young planets
Boston (UPI) Jan 15, 2015
That meteorites and their collisions with early planetary masses played a predominant role in the formation of the early universe is a narrative popular among astronomers and the average high school science class. But new research suggests the contributions of meteorites in forming Earth and its planetary neighbors was minimal. These ancient hunks of rock hurling haphazardly through an infant solar system were more a byproduct than building blocks, researchers at MIT say. Previously, sci ... read more

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