A new, chilling secret about how Earth came into existence.

(NLĐO) - The thing that helps life exist on Earth turns out to have originated from the death of an incomplete planet from the "dark side" of the solar system.

A study led by Heidelberg University (Germany) has provided a surprising glimpse into the dawn of the solar system, when Earth completed the final step in its formation: possessing water – one of the most crucial conditions for life.

According to SciTech Daily, a meteorite named "Flensburg" that fell to Earth's surface on September 12, 2019, has "told a story".

The Flensburg meteorite holds secrets about the Earth's formation period - Photo: Carsten Jonas

Flensburg is a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite meteorite containing minerals that can only appear when water is present.

It led the way to a special parent celestial body, which was born shortly after the formation of the Solar System.

It was a type of object called a "planetary microbody," which no longer exists today.

For a long time, there has been a theory that these planetary bodies were the beginnings of today's planets: They constantly collide, break apart, and then coalesce until they form masses large and stable enough to become true planets.

In the early days of the Solar System, these planetary microcrystals resided in the dark outer regions of the system, which may have preserved bound water within their crystals.

Widely accepted models suggest that at that time, Jupiter was not yet fully formed and moved to its present-day position, creating an immeasurable gap between the inner and outer solar systems.

Therefore, tiny objects from the frigid outside can easily travel deep inside.

During the process of accretion from the protoplanetary disk, our Earth absorbed "stray" debris from the death of those water-rich planetary micro-planets.

With its advantageous location within the habitable zone of the star system, Earth easily retains water in a liquid state.

According to the published article. According to Scientific Reports, this discovery not only sheds more light on Earth's history but also offers new hope for a "second Earth."

Because the origins of planetary bodies in other star systems are based on the same laws of physics as our solar system, scientists believe that planets may also form in a similar way to Earth in other regions of space.

That would help them meet the prerequisites for the origin of life, according to Professor Mario Trieloff, co-author.

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