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NASA captures the primordial dust that formed the planets

Chemical analysis shows that mineral grains predate the Solar System.
Artist's concept of a young solar system

The Solar System’s formation (artist’s rendering of a similar system) left remnants of primordial dust that have been recovered by NASA aircraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Exotic grains of dust collected high above Earth are older than the Solar System and represent some of the most primordial material ever studied.

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Nature 558, 346 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05438-w

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