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Protoplanetary disc around young star TW Hydrae.

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

8 May 2017

A sudden brightening of the infant sun – called an FU Orionis outburst – could have melted dust grains and made them stick together, building our world

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Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

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