An international team led by Spanish astrophysicists has discovered that the origin of some of the radioactive elements found in the most primitive meteorites, whose origin dates back to the time of the formation of the Solar System, could have originated from a star six times the mass of the Sun and undergoing the final stage of its life as it passed through the solar neighbourhood. The mystery concerning the origin of the radioactive components found in the most primitive meteorites, those dating back to the formation of our Solar System, now seems to have a new explanation. An
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