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Oldest material on Earth discovered
Source: BBC
Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth.
They found dust grains within the space rock - which fell to Earth in the 1960s - that are as much as 7.5 billion years old.
The oldest of the dust grains were formed in stars that roared to life long before our Solar System was born.
A team of researchers has described the result in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51099609
Bishop Usher is not pleased.
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Is it bioluminescent?
is older than the fridge itself haha 
As Carl Sagan said "we are star stuff."
Finally, I can declare, I am a star. 
