A Supernova Explosion Could Be The Reason For The Formation Of Our Solar System; Some Scientists Says
Everybody knows that the Sun and other planets could have been formed from a shockwave of a catastrophic supernova explosion. Researchers recently discovered an evidence claiming that a low-mass supernova may have caused the formation of the solar system.
Professor Yong-Zhong Qian and other groups of researchers from the University of Minnesota has examined compositions of meteorites and have seen many elements that could possibly the only reason of a low-mass supernova. Qian said, "This is the forensic evidence we need to help us explain how the Solar System was formed. It points to a low-mass supernova as the trigger."
Scientists like Alan Boss and Sandra Keiser from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington have long been researching how a supernova is responsible for creating the sun. Their theory says that shockwaves from a supernova explosion can cause the formation of stars when they hit into dense clouds of dust and gas, resulting into a proto-star.
They claimed that the dust and gas around the protostar would have cause the birth of planets in our solar system today. And According to some studies, the dust cloud that could have cause the birth of our solar system today still remained untouched some 4.6 billion years ago.
Traces of a Beryllium-10, a radioactive material that might be the result of the explosion, were the things that researchers were looking specifically and have concluded that the Beryllium-10 can be formed by a high and low-mass supernova. The current line of research of Boss and Keiser points on the artifacts of a supernova explosion called short-lived radioisotopes.
"In addition to explaining the abundance of Beryllium-10, this low-mass supernova model would also explain the short-lived nuclei Calcium-41, Palladium-107, and a few others found in meteorites, Yong-Zhong Qian said. Researchers now are starting to find other radioactive materials that may also be the product of a supernova explosion.
It's a long way to go before the theory can be proven right. And if this theory is right, it's another big step for science.
