The shattering of Neptune

 

“The mass starts into a million suns;
Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst,
And second planets issue from the first.
[The first concept of a ‘big bang’ theory of the universe.]”
― Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation

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