| 1.1.2026 |
torstai |
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The Big Bang. Beginning of the space and time.
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| 4.1.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Methuselah star. Oldest known star in the universe.
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| 6.1.2026 - 24.1.2026 |
tiistai - lauantai |
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Reionization era. Early stars start ionizing interstellar gas.
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| 8.1.2026 |
torstai |
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First black holes form
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| 14.1.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Mass star formation. Universe starts to heat once again.
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| 16.1.2026 |
perjantai |
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First galaxies form
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| 17.1.2026 |
lauantai |
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GRB 090423. Oldest gamma ray burst ever observed.
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| 22.1.2026 |
torstai |
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Hubble ultra deep field
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| 26.1.2026 |
maanantai |
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Quasar CFHQS J2329-0301. Oldest known quasar.
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| 30.1.2026 |
perjantai |
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PST B1620-26. Oldest known exoplanet.
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| 1.2.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Milky Way forms
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| 14.2.2026 |
lauantai |
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GRB 140419A supernova. Second oldest gamma ray burst.
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| 25.2.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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BX442 galaxy. Oldest known spiral galaxy.
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| 2.3.2026 |
maanantai |
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Kapteyn b. Oldest known exoplanet lying within the habitable zone.
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| 5.3.2026 |
torstai |
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Milky Way's cosmic halo forms
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| 16.3.2026 |
maanantai |
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Star formation rate peaks. Universe starts to cool Temperature averages around 13000 K.
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| 29.3.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Oldest population I stars. First stars abundant in metals.
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| 31.3.2026 |
tiistai |
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Universe becomes habitable. First life-friendly star systems emerge.
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| 14.4.2026 |
tiistai |
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JKCS 041. Oldest galactic cluster.
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| 19.4.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Universe reaches 1/3 of its present diameter
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| 22.4.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Milky Way star formation rate stabilizes
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| 28.4.2026 |
tiistai |
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Barnard's star forms. Oldest close solar neighbor.
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| 7.5.2026 |
torstai |
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Oldest known evidence for dark energy
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| 13.5.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Milky Way's thin disk starts to form
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| 21.5.2026 |
torstai |
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Lalande 21185
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| 23.5.2026 |
lauantai |
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Lacaille 9352
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| 3.6.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Milky Way star formation rate begins to decline
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| 8.6.2026 |
maanantai |
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Mizar forms
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| 16.6.2026 |
tiistai |
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GRB 080319B. Most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed by humans.
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| 16.6.2026 |
tiistai |
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Arcturus forms. 4th brightest star in the night sky.
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| 27.6.2026 |
lauantai |
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Universe cools below 5 K
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| 29.6.2026 |
maanantai |
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Growth of large galaxies slows
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| 2.7.2026 |
torstai |
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1/2 the age of the Universe
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| 5.7.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Alpha Centauri forms. Closest star system to the Sun.
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| 7.7.2026 |
tiistai |
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Alnitak forms. Left star of the Orion's Belt.
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| 13.7.2026 |
maanantai |
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Milky Way starts spiralizing
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| 15.7.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Age of an average earth-like planet
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| 21.7.2026 |
tiistai |
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61 Cygni forms
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| 26.7.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Dark energy overtakes gravity. Universe's expansion rate starts to accelerate.
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| 31.7.2026 |
perjantai |
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Tau Ceti forms
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| 8.8.2026 |
lauantai |
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Solar nebula starts collapsing
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| 8.8.2026 |
lauantai |
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Milky way becomes a spiral galaxy
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| 16.8.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Gliese 570 forms
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| 25.8.2026 |
tiistai |
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Proxima Centauri forms. Closest star to the Sun.
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| 29.8.2026 |
lauantai |
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SN 2005ap supernova. Brightest supernova ever observed.
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| 2.9.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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The Sun forms
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| 2.9.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Proto-earth forms. Planets, asteroids and comets form from the Sun's protoplanetary disk.
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| 3.9.2026 |
torstai |
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Formation of the Moon. Theia impacts Earth, the Moon forms from the coalesced debris.
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| 6.9.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Oceans form on Earth. Asteroids bring water to Earth.
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| 6.9.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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First known minerals. Zircons form at Jack Hills, Australia.
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| 10.9.2026 |
torstai |
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Mintaka forms. Right star of the Orion's Belt.
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| 11.9.2026 - 19.9.2026 |
perjantai - lauantai |
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Life emerges on Earth
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| 14.9.2026 - 22.9.2026 |
maanantai - tiistai |
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Late Heavy Bombardment
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| 14.9.2026 |
maanantai |
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Earliest known rock. (Aggregate of minerals).
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| 17.9.2026 |
torstai |
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Greenstone rock belt
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| 22.9.2026 |
tiistai |
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Oldest banded iron formation
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| 27.9.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Vaalbara supercontinent emerges
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| 30.9.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Last universal ancestor. Split between bacteria and archaea.
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| 30.9.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Cyanobacteria fossils. Warrawoona, oldest fossil evidence of life on Earth.
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| 5.10.2026 |
maanantai |
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Compressional tectonics
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| 6.10.2026 |
tiistai |
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Barberton event. One of the largest impacts ever, left a 300 mi / 480 km crater.
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| 8.10.2026 |
torstai |
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Ur supercontinent forms
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| 8.10.2026 |
torstai |
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Anoxygenic photosynthesis developed by bacteria
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| 11.10.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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First land bacteria
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| 13.10.2026 |
tiistai |
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Cyanobacteria develop true photosynthesis. Life begins to produce oxygen.
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| 16.10.2026 |
perjantai |
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Zeta Reticuli forms
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| 16.10.2026 |
perjantai |
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Kenorland supercontinent emerges
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| 16.10.2026 |
perjantai |
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Tides decline below 1000 ft / 300 m
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| 18.10.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Vaalbara supercontinent breaks up
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| 21.10.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Major komatiite eruption
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| 21.10.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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First eukaryotes emerge. Early estimate.
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| 24.10.2026 |
lauantai |
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Oldest known giant carbonate platform
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| 25.10.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Zeta Puppis forms
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| 26.10.2026 |
maanantai |
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Great Oxygenation event. Bacterially produced oxygen starts to accumulate in the atmosphere.
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| 26.10.2026 |
maanantai |
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Movement of the tectonic plates commences
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| 29.10.2026 |
torstai |
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Suavjarvi impact event left oldest still recognizable crater
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| 29.10.2026 - 5.11.2026 |
torstai - torstai |
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Huronian glaciation. First snowball earth period.
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| 1.11.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Continental red beds form
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| 3.11.2026 |
tiistai |
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Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses one percent
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| 3.11.2026 |
tiistai |
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Ozone layer forms
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| 6.11.2026 |
perjantai |
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Earliest known eukaryote fossils (acritarchs)
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| 6.11.2026 |
perjantai |
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Earliest multicellular life. Francevillian Group Fossil.
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| 8.11.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Vredefort impact event. One of the largest impacts ever left a 190 mi/ 300 km crater.
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| 11.11.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses 15 percent
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| 11.11.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Natural nuclear reactor forms in Oklo, Gabon
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| 13.11.2026 |
perjantai |
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Sudbury impact, event left a 160 mi / 260 km crater
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| 14.11.2026 |
lauantai |
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Supercontinent Columbia forms
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| 15.11.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Vishnu Basement Rocks. Oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon.
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| 17.11.2026 |
tiistai |
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Oldest sand dune ergs
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| 19.11.2026 |
torstai |
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Mitochondria assimilate into eukaryotic cells
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| 22.11.2026 |
sunnuntai |
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Supercontinent Columbia breaks up
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| 23.11.2026 |
maanantai |
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Geologic platform covers expand
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| 24.11.2026 |
tiistai |
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Population of stromatolites rapidly rises
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| 25.11.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Procyon forms. Brightest star in Canis Minor.
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| 27.11.2026 |
perjantai |
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Greenville orogeny starts
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| 30.11.2026 |
maanantai |
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Supercontinent Rodinia forms
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| 30.11.2026 |
maanantai |
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Bangiomorpha pubescens. First sexually reproducing organism.
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| 1.12.2026 |
tiistai |
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Population explosion of eukaryotes
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| 2.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Earliest flagellate protists
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| 9.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Population of stromatolites starts to decline
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| 10.12.2026 |
torstai |
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Protista population explodes
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| 11.12.2026 |
perjantai |
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Kaigas glaciation. Snowball earth period.
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| 12.12.2026 |
lauantai |
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Supercontinent Rodinia breaks apart
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| 12.12.2026 - 14.12.2026 |
lauantai - maanantai |
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Sturtian glaciation. Snowball earth period.
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| 14.12.2026 |
maanantai |
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Marinoan glaciation. Snowball earth period.
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| 16.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Fossilized worm impressions in China
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| 16.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
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Avalon explosion. Ediacaran fauna emerges.
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| 17.12.2026 |
torstai |
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Cambrian explosion. Exponential diversification of life, most major animal phyla appear.
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| 18.12.2026 |
perjantai |
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First trilobites
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| 20.12.2026 |
sunnuntai |
2.20 |
Plants and arthropods colonize the land
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| 20.12.2026 |
sunnuntai |
5.31 |
Ordovician extinction event. 60% of all species go extinct.
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| 20.12.2026 |
sunnuntai |
21.23 |
First air-breathing animals
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| 21.12.2026 |
maanantai |
13.15 |
First tetrapods
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| 21.12.2026 |
maanantai |
22.46 |
First tree-like plants
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| 22.12.2026 |
tiistai |
5.07 |
Late Devonian extinction. 70% of all species go extinct.
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| 23.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
6.31 |
First amniotes
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| 23.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
12.52 |
First reptiles
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| 23.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
22.23 |
Atmospheric oxygen level peaks at 35%. Arthropods grow into unprecedented sizes.
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| 24.12.2026 |
torstai |
1.33 |
Pangaea forms. Last supercontinent.
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| 25.12.2026 |
perjantai |
8.40 |
Permian extinction event. Largest extinction event in history, 90-96% of all species go extinct.
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| 25.12.2026 |
perjantai |
9.18 |
Sirius forms . Brightest star in the night sky.
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| 25.12.2026 |
perjantai |
21.21 |
First dinosaurs
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| 26.12.2026 |
lauantai |
1.10 |
First mammals
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| 26.12.2026 |
lauantai |
16.24 |
Triassic extinction event. 75% of all species go extinct.
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| 26.12.2026 |
lauantai |
23.23 |
First giant sauropods
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| 27.12.2026 |
sunnuntai |
5.44 |
Pangaea splits into Laurasia and Gondwana
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| 27.12.2026 |
sunnuntai |
8.16 |
First stegosaurs
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| 27.12.2026 |
sunnuntai |
21.36 |
First birds
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| 28.12.2026 |
maanantai |
3.57 |
Madagascar splits from Africa
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| 28.12.2026 |
maanantai |
13.28 |
First flowering plants
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| 28.12.2026 |
maanantai |
13.28 |
Laurasia and Gondwana begin to drift apart
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| 29.12.2026 |
tiistai |
4.42 |
Spinosaurus evolves. Largest of all carnivorous dinosaurs.
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| 29.12.2026 |
tiistai |
8.31 |
First bees
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| 29.12.2026 |
tiistai |
14.52 |
Indian subcontinent splits from Gondwana
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| 29.12.2026 |
tiistai |
21.13 |
Australia splits from Antarctica
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
4.50 |
Tyrannosaurus rex evolves
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
6.06 |
Cretaceous extinction event. 75% of all species vanish.
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
9.54 |
First primates evolve
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
13.05 |
First modern birds
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
16.15 |
Indian subcontinent collides with Asia. Tiber and Himalayas start to rise.
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
18.09 |
Whales return to the water
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| 30.12.2026 |
keskiviikko |
22.36 |
Antarctic ice cap begins to grow
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
1.46 |
Grasslands become widespread
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
4.57 |
South America separates from Antarctica
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
7.29 |
First elephants. Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi.
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
12.34 |
Divergence of great apes and lesser apes
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
14.28 |
First bovids
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
17.01 |
First large horses
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
18.55 |
Rigel forms. Brightest star in Orion.
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
19.14 |
Betelgeuse forms. Second brightest star in Orion.
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
20.11 |
Last common ancestor humans and chimpanzees
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
20.13 - 20.36 |
Messinian salinity crisis. Strait of Gibraltar closes tight, Mediterranean Sea dries out.
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
21.27 |
Australopithecus evolves
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
22.05 |
Great American Interchange. Isthmus of Panama rises, North and South America join, extensive fauna exchange follows.
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
22.24 |
Current ice age begins
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
22.36 |
First members of the genus Homo appear
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.02 |
First controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.30 |
Last reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.35 |
Yellowstone Caldera erupts
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.40 |
Earliest human engravings. Zig-zag patterns on shells in Java.
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.48 |
Earliest instances of burial
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.50 |
Neanderthals evolve
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.52 |
Anatomically modern humans appear in Africa
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.56 |
Humans begin migrating out of Africa
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.57 |
Toba supervolcanic eruption. Human population falls to 10,000.
|
| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.58 |
23:58:40 Neanderthals go extinct
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:25 First domesticated dogs
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:39 Beginning of agriculture
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:46 Wheel invented
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:48 Writing invented
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:49 Great Pyramid
|
| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:52 Iron Age begins
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:55 Julius Caesar
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:58 Galileo Galilei
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| 31.12.2026 |
torstai |
23.59 |
23:59:59 Charles Darwin
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