Aug 1, 2018
Ancient Blue Crystals Trapped in Meteorite Reveal the Sun’s Violent Past
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
According to a study released Monday in Nature Astronomy ancient blue crystals unearthed from meteorites are the key to understanding what the sun was like during it’s earliest days. Scientists removed these microscopic crystals, technically called hibonites, from the chunk of the Murchison meteorite.