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How old is our Solar System ?

The age of the solar system has been estimated to be about 5000 million years with the help of radiometric dating in investigations. The method of radiometric dating is based on the phenomenon of radioactivity. We know that certain unstable nuclei break-up spontaneously into smaller and more stable nuclei.

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