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SOEST), used paleomagnetic (Earth’s magnetic field in rocks, sediment or archeological materials) records to determine when carbonaceous chondrite asteroids, some of which are rich in water and organics, first arrived in the inner solar system.
The research helps inform scientists about the early origins of the solar system and why some planets, such as Earth, became habitable and were able to sustain conditions conducive for life, while other planets, such as Mars, did not. The research also gives scientists data that can be applied to the discovery of new exoplanets, planets that orbit stars outside of the solar system and the search for other habitable planets.
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Solar wind (white) magnetizes asteroid (red) in early solar system. (Photo credit: Michael Osadciw, UR)
In a paper published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers, including Alexander Krot at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), used paleomagnetic (Earth’s magnetic field in rocks, sediment or archeological materials) records to determine when carbonaceous chondrite asteroids, some of which are rich in water and organics, first arrived in the inner solar system.
The research helps inform scientists about the early origins of the solar system and why some planets, such as Earth, became habitable and were able to sustain conditions conducive for life, while other planets, such as Mars, did not. The research also gives scientists data that can be applied to the discovery of new exoplanets, planets that orbit stars outside of the solar system and the search for other habitable plane