☀️ How did our sun begin to form 4.6 billion years ago?
This 4.6-billion-year-old dust may reveal how our sun began. ☀️
Scientists have uncovered new clues inside tiny grains preserved in an ancient Antarctic meteorite. The evidence suggests that magnetic fields may have worked alongside gravity during the earliest stages of the solar system, helping move gas toward the growing infant sun.
The microscopic material may preserve one of the oldest known magnetic records from the early solar system — offering a rare look at conditions from the era when our cosmic neighborhood was just beginning to take shape.
🔬☄️☀️ Read the full story to discover what 4.6-billion-year-old space dust can still tell us about the birth of the sun.