Quanta Magazine just published a cool article about the controversy of whether Earth formed by pebble accretion or by classical planetesimal accretion. Many good quotes from the community, incl Michiel Lambrechts, Dr. Joanna Drążkowska, Sean Raymond and Konstantin Batygin. quantamagazine.org/scientists-deb…

I am extremely happy to share the news of discovery of a new high-pressure mineral, Ohtaniite, found in Suizhou meteorite, and named in honour of my PhD supervisor, Prof. Eiji Ohtani. 1/1