| Project Detail |
Elemental makeup of ancient meteorites sheds light on Solar System formation
Ancient meteorites dating 4.6 billion years ago contain a record of the early history of the Solar System, including material that formed before the birth of our Sun. The EU-funded DEEPTIME project aims to provide insights into the timescales and processes associated with the formation of the Solar System. This will be achieved by studying ancient extra-terrestrial matter, including presolar grains, using a multidisciplinary approach that combines absolute ages, isotopic and trace element compositions as well as atomic and structural analysis of meteorites and their components. These data will be used to understand how material parental to our Solar System amalgamated to form the various types of planets in our Solar System and how rocky words developed into planets that can host life. |
