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Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old “proto Earth”


Scientists have discovered extremely rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal impact irreversibly altered the primitive planet’s composition and produced Earth as we know today. Their findings will help scientists piece together the primordial starting ingredients that forged early Earth and the solar system.

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