Strange findings in Antarctic meteorites

By using a variety of microscopes, scientists say it is made up of a combination of graphite and silicate.

Scientists have found a small part of a star hidden in a meteorite falling in Antarctica. This star appears to be even older than the solar system, formed after an ancient star explosion before forming the solar system.

A meteorite falls in Antarctica.(Artwork).

The small part of this star is only 1 / 25,000 inches in size, shaped like a croissant. It can tell people something about the origin of the solar system.

By using a variety of microscopes, scientists say it is made up of a combination of graphite and silicate , which can form from a stellar explosion called Nova .

This explosion occurs during the exchange of energy between a normal star and a white dwarf (the star has burned its nuclear material). The explosion shoots the material into space, which has a small part in the Antarctic meteorite.

Tom Zega, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's Moon and Planet Laboratory, said that the seeds were very ancient, carbon isotopes showed that it came from far away, not similar to any samples taken from the system. Sun.

Based on the study of the upper part of the meteorite, it has a life expectancy of at least 4.5 billion years. Scientists said the existence of this specimen was amazing and hoped to find larger parts.

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