141k views
3 votes
Which statement best describes the process of the formation of the solar system?

User Quanlt
by
8.3k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Formation. Our solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust. The cloud collapsed, possibly due to the shockwave of a nearby exploding star, called a supernova. When this dust cloud collapsed, it formed a solar nebula—a spinning, swirling disk of material

User Alireza Daryani
by
8.2k points

No related questions found