Astronomy
Our Solar System Was Born through High-Energy Crashes, Not Stately Growth
Our neighborhood of planets was not created slowly, as scientists once thought, but in a speedy blur of high-energy crashes, destruction and rebuilding
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, a planetary geologist specializing in the evolution of terrestrial planets, is vice president of Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative and principal investigator of the NASA Psyche mission. Credit: Nick Higgins
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