Cosmic Forensics
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Earth is a master at erasing its own history through tectonic recycling, melting, and erosion, leaving us with zero rocks from its birth. To bypass this geological amnesia and calculate Earth's "true" age of 4.57 Ga, scientists use radiometric age dating on these specific space objects, relying on the core assumption that the entire solar system formed simultaneously.

What are meteorites?

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