What do we mean by the solar nebula? What was it made of, and where did it come from?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Feb 7, 2017

Solar Nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust.

Explanation:

Our Sun and planets formed from Solar nebula..There is small amount of heavy elements in small percentage. After big bang there was only hydrogen and helium in the inverse. Heavy elements are cooked up in stars or product of a supernova explosion of a huge star. THis explosion thrown out huge amount of gas and dust in space from which solar system took shape..So solar nebula is the product of a supernova of a huge star. Sun is a second or third generation star.enter image source here
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