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We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought by thinkia.org.in 4 months agoThe oldest known piece of Earth? A 4.4 billion-year-old zircon John Valley, University of Wisconsin-Madison Until recently, many discounted the …
Dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid formed in Solar System’s outer reaches by thinkia.org.in 4 months ago
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