Sample of Hypatia stone from outside solar system (IMAGE)

University of Johannesburg

Sample of Hypatia stone from outside solar system

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A 3-gram sample of the Hypatia stone. Researchers found a consistent pattern of 15 elements in the Hypatia stone. The pattern is completely unlike anything in our solar system or our solar neighbourhood, in the Milky Way.

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Romano Serra

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