Seems to indicate a pretty
chaotic early solar system AND they are floating all over the place and are an extreme threat to human survival.
Not exact matches
In this new, more
chaotic picture of the
solar system's
early days, the planets seem to pass through a vagabond phase lasting a few tens of millions of years.
The
early solar system was a
chaotic place, and astronomers now suspect many of the planets may have wandered before settling into today's orbits.
Some asteroids are known to be rich in water, and some of these would inevitably have crashed into Earth during the
chaotic early days of the
solar system.