• Question: how old is the solar system

    Asked by doggirl to Louise on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Louise Dash answered on 23 Jun 2010:


      About 4.6 billion years old, as far as we can tell. It formed from a cloud of gas molecules that collapsed in on itself due to gravity, and the centre became the sun while the outer bits became the planets.

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