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The Early Solar System Had a Gap Where the Asteroid Belt is Today

Wind the cosmic clock back a few billion years and our Solar System looked much different than it does today.…

3 years ago

New Study Says Earth Avoided a “Carbon Overdose” During Formation

A new study has indicated that the depletion of carbon from Earth-forming materials may have been essential to life here…

7 years ago

How Do Planets Form? Semarkona Meteorite Shows Some Clues

It may seem all but impossible to determine how the Solar System formed, given that it happened roughly 4.5 billion…

9 years ago

A New Look at Apollo Samples Supports Ancient Impact Theory

[/caption] New investigations of lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions have revealed origins from beyond the Earth-Moon system, supporting…

12 years ago