The chaotic early phase of the solar system

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 25, 2022

Before the Earth and other planets formed, the young sun was still surrounded by cosmic gas and dust. Over the millennia, rock fragments of various sizes formed from the dust. Many of these became building blocks for the later planets. Others did not become part of a planet and still orbit the sun today, for example as asteroids in the asteroid belt. Researchers from ETH Zurich and the N