Magnetic fields record the early histories of planets

Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning some accepted ideas about the way planets form.When there’s more energy radiating down on the planet than there is radiating back out to spacesomething’s going to have to heat up

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