Analysing material from outside our solar system (VIDEO)

University of Johannesburg

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1min45s, 10MB video: Various analyses of the Hypatia stone in Egypt indicate that it was not formed on Earth or inside our solar system. A new study shows it may have preserved an unusual chemical pattern similar to that from a supernova Ia explosion. Dr Georgy Belyanin (University of Johannesburg) used a 3-million Volt proton beam to analyse a tiny fragment of the stone.

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Therese van Wyk

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