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The unexpected discovery of noble gases within silicate pockets in a primitive meteorite is hard to explain. Could they have been captured from the solar wind streaming from the young Sun?

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Figure 1: Solar and planetary patterns of rare-gas abundances (modified from Wasson4).

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Lee, T. Gases make a rare appearance. Nature 412, 781–783 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35090680

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