A sliver of a distant comet from the dawn of the solar system has been discovered in an unlikely place - inside a meteorite which crashed into Antarctica. Scroll down for videoThe arrow in this view of the LaPaz meteorite points to where the scientists found the carbon-rich comet fragment. These are believed to have originated in comets that first formed near the outer edges of the Solar System's. Approximately 3.5 million years after the birth of the Sun and planets, the comet material was picked up by the growing asteroid, the study claims. They can also tell how much heating and other chemical processing it experienced during the solar system's formative years.

Source: Daily Mail April 15, 2019 15:00 UTC