The Dawn spacecraft — so named because it will give scientists their first close look at two relics from the very beginning of the solar system — took off from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta II rocket in September 2007. (discovermagazine.com)
Coming to us from the very beginning of our Solar System, their dark bodies brighten as they approach the Sun, offering us an unparalleled window into our ancient chemical origins. (astrobio.net)
«So much happens right at the beginning of the solar system's history,» says Benjamin Weiss, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at MIT. (sciencedaily.com)