Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang
Rocky planets may have been able to start forming just 100 million years after the Big Bang, thanks to enormous early supernovae that scattered planet-building elements across space. Simulations found enough solid material and water around a young star to suggest that Earth-like worlds could have appeared far earlier than previously believed.
New research from the University of Portsmouth suggests that the ingredients needed to create rocky planets may have formed as early as 100 million years after the Big Bang. This finding contradicts the previous belief that planet formation only began several billion years after the Universe's inception. The research indicates that the essential conditions for planet formation might have emerged far sooner than previously thought.
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