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Remnants of Creation, Harbingers of Destruction: Comets and Asteroids
They begin as leftovers, which is the universe’s favorite way to build masterpieces. Before Earth had oceans or names or anyone to be terrified of the dark, the solar system was a loud, dusty argument. Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, a disk of gas and grit swirled around a newborn Sun. Most of that material learned to settle down and become planets. Some of it refused. Some of it never got the chance. Those holdouts are comets and asteroids, the unspent change in the pocket of
Tonmay Saha
18 hours ago8 min read
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