{"id":7410,"date":"2020-01-16T07:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T07:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2020-01-16T07:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T07:06:31","slug":"oldest-material-on-earth-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/oldest-material-on-earth-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest material on Earth discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest\nmaterial known to exist on Earth. They found dust grains within the space rock\n&#8211; which fell to Earth in the 1960s &#8211; that are as much as 7.5 billion years old.\nThe oldest of the dust grains were formed in stars that roared to life long\nbefore our Solar System was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current\nAffairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ancient interstellar dust, made of presolar grains\n(dust grains that predate our sun), was belched into the universe by dying\nstars during the final stages of their lives. Some of that dust eventually\nhitched a ride to Earth on an asteroid that produced the Murchison meteorite, a\nmassive, 220-lb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth. They found dust grains within the space rock &#8211; which fell to Earth in the 1960s &#8211; that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. 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