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OU study could provide first ever timeline of Jupiter’s origins


A new study by an OU academic has provided a ground-breaking new insight into a huge Solar System event, the formation and migration of Jupiter.

The research, published today in Nature Astronomy was led by Ben Rider Stokes at the OU and supported by an international team of experts and funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

Angrite meteorites collected by a joint Japanese and Belgian Antarctic research expedition (JARE54 and BELARE-SAMBA) and others found in Northwest Africa were analysed at the OU’s world-class oxygen isotope (a form of a chemical element in which the atoms have the same number of protons) analysis facilities.

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Thanks to Laura Bandell in Media Relations for her fantastic effort in pitching the story out. 

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