From the start, the solar system chose fire over ice to build its first bodies
Scientists found that the first solid bodies of the solar system — planets, moons and protoplanets — were based on heated chondrules rather than cold dust with water ice and organics. The conclusion is based on analysis of the composition of early bodies.
- Chondrules are millimeter-sized pieces of rock formed at high temperatures
- Matrix is cold fine-grained dust with ice and organic molecules
- The solar system favored heated material from the very beginning
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