Wednesday, November 03, 2004

超新星の残骸地球で発見

Supernova debris found on Earth

 Ancient explosion may have affected climate and, possibly, human evolution.
 Cosmic fallout from an exploding star dusted the Earth about 2.8 million years ago, and may have triggered a change in climate that affected the course of human evolution. The evidence comes from an unusual form of iron that was blasted through space by a supernova before eventually settling into the rocky crust beneath the Pacific Ocean.

 古代の爆発が気候に、そして恐らく人類の進化に影響を及ぼしたかもしれない。
 およそ 280万年前に、爆発した星から放射された物質が地球に降り注ぎ、人類の進化の課程に影響を及ぼす気候変動を引き起こしたかも知れない。その証拠は、超新星によって宇宙空間で爆破され、最後には太平洋の下にある地殻に落ちた稀な形状の鉄である。

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 from news@nature.com

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