A meteorite picked up from the sands of the Sahara has begun to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It is not the sort of object that draws attention at first glance, just a dark fragment of rock with odd mineral flecks caught under a microscope.

Meteoritos conservan valiosas pistas sobre cómo se formaron y evolucionaron los planetas.

La sua composizione chimica indica che i cristalli si devono essere formati a pressioni estreme, suggerendo che provenga da un corpo celeste molto più grande di un asteroide

In un meteorite chiamato Northwest Africa 12774 e recuperato nel Sahara nel 2019 sono state trovate le prove che proviene da un protopianeta del Sistema

Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history

A meteorite picked up from the sands of the Sahara has begun to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It is not the sort of object…