Stardust left behind from the dawn of our solar system has allowed scientists to estimate the Sun took between 10 and 20 million years to form. While there is consensus the Sun formed about 4.6 ...
we can uncover how long it took our Sun to form 4.6 billion years ago," says Guy Leckenby, doctoral student from TRIUMF and first author of the publication. The measured bound-state beta decay ...
allow scientists to calculate how the chemical composition changes when stars age as a result of nuclear reactions. "From these models, we can determine which elements are produced by stars and how ...