Scientists have been able to come to a conclusion that the Sun was formed as a result of a stellar baby explosion in the Milky Way.
According to a study, the explosion which lead to the formation of the Sun took place around 10 million years ago, at a time when the Milky Way was able to produce 30 times more stars than what it is able to produce today.
Magellan Telescopes which are located at the Las Campanas Observatory in South America were used to conduct this study.
The scientists observed in detail some regions of the galaxy which appeared similar to be present in those conditions which were there before the Sun was formed. This region is located around a billion light years away from us, which made the scientists feel as if they were travelling back in time, reports Omni feed.
This study demostrates that the Sun is around 4.6 Million years old, reports STG IST. This is due to the fact that the Sun was formed after the formation of the Milky Way, that we have so many other planets in our solar system. These heavier planets would not have been formed had the Sun was formulated earlier than them, the study revealed.
With 2000 snapshots and 24,000 galaxy scans later, the scientists were able to consolidate all the facts about the formation of our closet star, Sun.
Also, some more results came up during this study, the most highlighted of which is that our solar system is wetter than we think it is. Jupiter's Galilean moons Europa and Ganymede along with Saturn's Enceladus, and also the little planet Ceres in the system, were found to have a fluid similar to Earth's.