The solar system is 'older' than we think

Scientists have proven that the solar system is older than we thought after analyzing the material of a meteorite discovered in the Sahara desert in Morocco in 2004.

The material in this 1.49 kg meteorite is the first material to be born after the formation of the Sun.

The solar system can be nearly 2 million years older than we have speculated.
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Researchers at Arizona State University used lead isotope analysis technology to accurately determine the age of minerals in the meteorite.As a result, scientists have identified this cosmic stone whose age is 4,5682 billion years ago, about 300,000 to 1.9 million years earlier than our previous speculations.

The team also affirmed that this is also considered the oldest material of the solar system discovered to date.

"The time when the solar system was formed can be defined as the time of the formation of the first matter particles around the Sun ," said Dr. Audrey Bouvier, a cosmologist and head of the research. , said.

'Chronicle of the first matter in the solar system can be determined by radioisotope analysis of the material in the meteorite discovered on Earth' .

Scientists believe that determining the age of the solar system is important in helping astronomers better understand how the sun and planets have been formed.