{
  "id": 8273260,
  "title": "From the start, the solar system chose fire over ice to build its first bodies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/from-the-start-the-solar-system-chose-fire-over-ice-to-build-its",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:40:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-solar-chose-ice-bodies.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When the solar system first took up the task of building solid bodies—such as planets, moons and protoplanets—it basically had a choice between two ingredients: heat-forged chondrules, which were millimeter-sized bits of rock, and matrix, a fine-grained, cold dust loaded with water ice and organic molecules. And from the get-go, the solar system chose fire.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}