Cosmic Impacts May Have Melted Earth's Early Crust, Study Suggests

2026-07-06

New research proposes that intense cosmic bombardment, rather than solely internal heat, could have been responsible for melting Earth's primordial crust during the Hadean Eon. This theory offers an alternative explanation for the planet's initial molten state.

Source: Ars Technica

Reported by VERA Newswire.