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Moon is millions of years older than previously thought, study suggests (news.sky.com)
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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cool and all, but isn't it like billions of years old? So, it'd be like, 1% older or something?

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I was thinking the same thing, except I think the impressive thing is they’re able to even more accurately predict the age of objects like the moon.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What will be the main implication of this?