Giant asteroids could have delivered bling to early Earth
You wouldn’t expect the impact of a Pluto-sized object with the Earth to have an upside. Yet this event, 4.5 billion year ago, may be the reason why our planet has significant quantities of gold, platinum, and other highly siderophile elements—those which readily bond to iron—according to research published 8 December in Science. Read more
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