Chaotic early solar system collisions resembled 'Asteroids' arcade game

Chaotic early solar system collisions resembled 'Asteroids' arcade game

4 years ago
Anonymous $y15ULlV7sG

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201202192727.htm

Nearly 30 years later, a new analysis of that same Peekskill meteorite and 17 others by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has led to a new hypothesis about how asteroids formed during the early years of the solar system.

The meteorites studied in the research originated from asteroids and serve as natural samples of the space rocks. They indicate that the asteroids formed though violent bombardment and subsequent reassembly, a finding that runs counter to the prevailing idea that the young solar system was a peaceful place.