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MIT: Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun
August 24, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun

The discovery likely represents the earliest known evidence of a magnetic field in the infant solar system.

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Around 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was little more than a giant ball of gas and dust. Over the next few million years, this . . .

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