SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 22, 2026Scientific American

The solar system’s first solids had a fast start

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Early solar system solids formed within 100,000 years via rapid temperature shifts in a turbulent disk—not gradually over millions of years—suggesting Earth may have formed with water already present.

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