Grain of dust found from dead star that predates the Sun

At a glance, meteorites might only be marginally more interesting than regular old rocks, but look closely and they can tell us stories of ancient stars and long-lost planets. One of these stories has now been uncovered in a piece of space rock retrieved from Antarctica, containing grains from a stellar explosion that predates the Sun.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Meteorite
• Solar System
• Stars
• Sun
• University of Arizona
• White dwarf

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2V5HcF4