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Rocks in Canada may be oldest on Earth, dating back 4.16 billion years

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth,…

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40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang is oldest in Europe — and possibly the world

An unusual mammoth tusk boomerang discovered in a cave in Poland is 40,000 years old — making it Europe’s first…

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Tarkhan Dress: World’s oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago

Name: Tarkhan Dress What it is: A woven linen garment Where it is from: Tarkhan Cemetery, Giza governorate, Egypt You…

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JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: ‘One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we’ve imaged to date’

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of a distant, frigid planet in…

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The 10 Cities With the Oldest Houses in the U.S.

The oldest cities have the oldest homes – and too little new construction. Some people love old homes. Exposed brick,…

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43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world’s oldest — and made by a Neanderthal

A red dot on a face-shaped rock in Spain may be setting records in more ways than one. At roughly…

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World’s oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees

The oldest star chart in the world was made in China more than 2,300 years ago, a hotly debated preprint…

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Astrophotographer captures the moon and Jupiter suspended above one of Europe’s oldest lakes (photo)

The crescent moon and Jupiter can be seen alongside prominent stars in the sky over the city of Ohrid in…

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The world’s oldest person, 116-year-old Brazilian nun, dies : NPR

Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died at 116. LongeviQuest hide caption toggle caption LongeviQuest The world’s oldest person, Sister Inah…

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‘It’s answering one of the questions of the century’: Scientists may finally know where the oldest gold in the universe came from

Scientists may have finally worked out where gold came from in the early universe. In a new study, researchers revealed…

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