Rather than slowly condensing over millions of years, the first building blocks of Earth and other planets may have formed ...

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(Nanowerk News) Paleomagnetic analysis of 28 particles from the asteroid Ryugu has provided the most detailed evidence yet of magnetic fields present in the early solar system. A research team led by ...

“It’s older than the Earth.” In a mere five words, planetary geologist Scott Harris summed up the staggering nature of a humble, small rock that tore through a Georgia home this summer. The 23-gram ...

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