Rocky Planets May Have Started Forming Just 100 Million Years After Big Bang

First supernovae may have seeded rocky planet building blocks 100 million years after the Big Bang

The building blocks of rocky planets may have begun forming just 100 million years after the Big Bang—long before the first galaxies even existed—according to new research from the University of Portsmouth.

Rocky Planets May Have Started Forming Just 100 Million Years after Big Bang

New simulations suggest supernova explosions of the Universe’s first stars scattered the ingredients for rocky planets only 100 million years after the Big Bang, with water already present in some planet-forming disks. The post Rocky Planets May Have Started Forming Just 100 Million Years after Big Bang appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

The Ingredients for Planets Formed Far Earlier Than Thought

The building blocks of rocky planets could have started forming just 100 million years after the Big Bang - long before the first galaxies even existed, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth.