| 01-01-2025 |
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The Big Bang. Beginning of the space and time.
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| 04-01-2025 |
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Methuselah star. Oldest known star in the universe.
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| 06-01-2025 - 24-01-2025 |
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Reionization era. Early stars start ionizing interstellar gas.
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| 08-01-2025 |
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First black holes form
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| 14-01-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Mass star formation. Universe starts to heat once again.
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| 16-01-2025 |
donderdag |
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First galaxies form
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| 17-01-2025 |
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GRB 090423. Oldest gamma ray burst ever observed.
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| 22-01-2025 |
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Hubble ultra deep field
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| 26-01-2025 |
zondag |
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Quasar CFHQS J2329-0301. Oldest known quasar.
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| 30-01-2025 |
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PST B1620-26. Oldest known exoplanet.
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| 01-02-2025 |
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Milky Way forms
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| 14-02-2025 |
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GRB 140419A supernova. Second oldest gamma ray burst.
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| 25-02-2025 |
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BX442 galaxy. Oldest known spiral galaxy.
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| 02-03-2025 |
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Kapteyn b. Oldest known exoplanet lying within the habitable zone.
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| 05-03-2025 |
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Milky Way's cosmic halo forms
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| 16-03-2025 |
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Star formation rate peaks. Universe starts to cool Temperature averages around 13000 K.
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| 29-03-2025 |
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Oldest population I stars. First stars abundant in metals.
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| 31-03-2025 |
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Universe becomes habitable. First life-friendly star systems emerge.
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| 14-04-2025 |
maandag |
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JKCS 041. Oldest galactic cluster.
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| 19-04-2025 |
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Universe reaches 1/3 of its present diameter
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| 22-04-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Milky Way star formation rate stabilizes
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| 28-04-2025 |
maandag |
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Barnard's star forms. Oldest close solar neighbor.
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| 07-05-2025 |
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Oldest known evidence for dark energy
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| 13-05-2025 |
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Milky Way's thin disk starts to form
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| 21-05-2025 |
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Lalande 21185
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| 23-05-2025 |
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Lacaille 9352
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| 03-06-2025 |
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Milky Way star formation rate begins to decline
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| 08-06-2025 |
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Mizar forms
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| 16-06-2025 |
maandag |
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GRB 080319B. Most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed by humans.
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| 16-06-2025 |
maandag |
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Arcturus forms. 4th brightest star in the night sky.
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| 27-06-2025 |
vrijdag |
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Universe cools below 5 K
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| 29-06-2025 |
zondag |
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Growth of large galaxies slows
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| 02-07-2025 |
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1/2 the age of the Universe
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| 05-07-2025 |
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Alpha Centauri forms. Closest star system to the Sun.
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| 07-07-2025 |
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Alnitak forms. Left star of the Orion's Belt.
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| 13-07-2025 |
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Milky Way starts spiralizing
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| 15-07-2025 |
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Age of an average earth-like planet
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| 21-07-2025 |
maandag |
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61 Cygni forms
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| 26-07-2025 |
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Dark energy overtakes gravity. Universe's expansion rate starts to accelerate.
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| 31-07-2025 |
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Tau Ceti forms
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| 08-08-2025 |
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Solar nebula starts collapsing
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| 08-08-2025 |
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Milky way becomes a spiral galaxy
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| 16-08-2025 |
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Gliese 570 forms
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| 25-08-2025 |
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Proxima Centauri forms. Closest star to the Sun.
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| 29-08-2025 |
vrijdag |
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SN 2005ap supernova. Brightest supernova ever observed.
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| 02-09-2025 |
dinsdag |
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The Sun forms
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| 02-09-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Proto-earth forms. Planets, asteroids and comets form from the Sun's protoplanetary disk.
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| 03-09-2025 |
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Formation of the Moon. Theia impacts Earth, the Moon forms from the coalesced debris.
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| 06-09-2025 |
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Oceans form on Earth. Asteroids bring water to Earth.
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| 06-09-2025 |
zaterdag |
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First known minerals. Zircons form at Jack Hills, Australia.
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| 10-09-2025 |
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Mintaka forms. Right star of the Orion's Belt.
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| 11-09-2025 - 19-09-2025 |
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Life emerges on Earth
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| 14-09-2025 - 22-09-2025 |
zondag - maandag |
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Late Heavy Bombardment
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| 14-09-2025 |
zondag |
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Earliest known rock. (Aggregate of minerals).
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| 17-09-2025 |
woensdag |
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Greenstone rock belt
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| 22-09-2025 |
maandag |
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Oldest banded iron formation
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| 27-09-2025 |
zaterdag |
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Vaalbara supercontinent emerges
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| 30-09-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Last universal ancestor. Split between bacteria and archaea.
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| 30-09-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Cyanobacteria fossils. Warrawoona, oldest fossil evidence of life on Earth.
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| 05-10-2025 |
zondag |
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Compressional tectonics
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| 06-10-2025 |
maandag |
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Barberton event. One of the largest impacts ever, left a 300 mi / 480 km crater.
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| 08-10-2025 |
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Ur supercontinent forms
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| 08-10-2025 |
woensdag |
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Anoxygenic photosynthesis developed by bacteria
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| 11-10-2025 |
zaterdag |
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First land bacteria
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| 13-10-2025 |
maandag |
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Cyanobacteria develop true photosynthesis. Life begins to produce oxygen.
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| 16-10-2025 |
donderdag |
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Zeta Reticuli forms
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| 16-10-2025 |
donderdag |
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Kenorland supercontinent emerges
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| 16-10-2025 |
donderdag |
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Tides decline below 1000 ft / 300 m
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| 18-10-2025 |
zaterdag |
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Vaalbara supercontinent breaks up
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| 21-10-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Major komatiite eruption
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| 21-10-2025 |
dinsdag |
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First eukaryotes emerge. Early estimate.
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| 24-10-2025 |
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Oldest known giant carbonate platform
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| 25-10-2025 |
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Zeta Puppis forms
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| 26-10-2025 |
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Great Oxygenation event. Bacterially produced oxygen starts to accumulate in the atmosphere.
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| 26-10-2025 |
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Movement of the tectonic plates commences
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| 29-10-2025 |
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Suavjarvi impact event left oldest still recognizable crater
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| 29-10-2025 - 05-11-2025 |
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Huronian glaciation. First snowball earth period.
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| 01-11-2025 |
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Continental red beds form
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| 03-11-2025 |
maandag |
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Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses one percent
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| 03-11-2025 |
maandag |
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Ozone layer forms
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| 06-11-2025 |
donderdag |
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Earliest known eukaryote fossils (acritarchs)
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| 06-11-2025 |
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Earliest multicellular life. Francevillian Group Fossil.
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| 08-11-2025 |
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Vredefort impact event. One of the largest impacts ever left a 190 mi/ 300 km crater.
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| 11-11-2025 |
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Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses 15 percent
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| 11-11-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Natural nuclear reactor forms in Oklo, Gabon
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| 13-11-2025 |
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Sudbury impact, event left a 160 mi / 260 km crater
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| 14-11-2025 |
vrijdag |
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Supercontinent Columbia forms
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| 15-11-2025 |
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Vishnu Basement Rocks. Oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon.
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| 17-11-2025 |
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Oldest sand dune ergs
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| 19-11-2025 |
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Mitochondria assimilate into eukaryotic cells
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| 22-11-2025 |
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Supercontinent Columbia breaks up
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| 23-11-2025 |
zondag |
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Geologic platform covers expand
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| 24-11-2025 |
maandag |
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Population of stromatolites rapidly rises
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| 25-11-2025 |
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Procyon forms. Brightest star in Canis Minor.
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| 27-11-2025 |
donderdag |
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Greenville orogeny starts
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| 30-11-2025 |
zondag |
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Supercontinent Rodinia forms
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| 30-11-2025 |
zondag |
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Bangiomorpha pubescens. First sexually reproducing organism.
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| 01-12-2025 |
maandag |
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Population explosion of eukaryotes
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| 02-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Earliest flagellate protists
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| 09-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Population of stromatolites starts to decline
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| 10-12-2025 |
woensdag |
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Protista population explodes
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| 11-12-2025 |
donderdag |
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Kaigas glaciation. Snowball earth period.
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| 12-12-2025 |
vrijdag |
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Supercontinent Rodinia breaks apart
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| 12-12-2025 - 14-12-2025 |
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Sturtian glaciation. Snowball earth period.
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| 14-12-2025 |
zondag |
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Marinoan glaciation. Snowball earth period.
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| 16-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Fossilized worm impressions in China
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| 16-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
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Avalon explosion. Ediacaran fauna emerges.
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| 17-12-2025 |
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Cambrian explosion. Exponential diversification of life, most major animal phyla appear.
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| 18-12-2025 |
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First trilobites
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| 20-12-2025 |
zaterdag |
02:20 |
Plants and arthropods colonize the land
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| 20-12-2025 |
zaterdag |
05:31 |
Ordovician extinction event. 60% of all species go extinct.
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| 20-12-2025 |
zaterdag |
21:23 |
First air-breathing animals
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| 21-12-2025 |
zondag |
13:15 |
First tetrapods
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| 21-12-2025 |
zondag |
22:46 |
First tree-like plants
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| 22-12-2025 |
maandag |
05:07 |
Late Devonian extinction. 70% of all species go extinct.
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| 23-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
06:31 |
First amniotes
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| 23-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
12:52 |
First reptiles
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| 23-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
22:23 |
Atmospheric oxygen level peaks at 35%. Arthropods grow into unprecedented sizes.
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| 24-12-2025 |
woensdag |
01:33 |
Pangaea forms. Last supercontinent.
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| 25-12-2025 |
donderdag |
08:40 |
Permian extinction event. Largest extinction event in history, 90-96% of all species go extinct.
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| 25-12-2025 |
donderdag |
09:18 |
Sirius forms . Brightest star in the night sky.
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| 25-12-2025 |
donderdag |
21:21 |
First dinosaurs
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| 26-12-2025 |
vrijdag |
01:10 |
First mammals
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| 26-12-2025 |
vrijdag |
16:24 |
Triassic extinction event. 75% of all species go extinct.
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| 26-12-2025 |
vrijdag |
23:23 |
First giant sauropods
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| 27-12-2025 |
zaterdag |
05:44 |
Pangaea splits into Laurasia and Gondwana
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| 27-12-2025 |
zaterdag |
08:16 |
First stegosaurs
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| 27-12-2025 |
zaterdag |
21:36 |
First birds
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| 28-12-2025 |
zondag |
03:57 |
Madagascar splits from Africa
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| 28-12-2025 |
zondag |
13:28 |
First flowering plants
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| 28-12-2025 |
zondag |
13:28 |
Laurasia and Gondwana begin to drift apart
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| 29-12-2025 |
maandag |
04:42 |
Spinosaurus evolves. Largest of all carnivorous dinosaurs.
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| 29-12-2025 |
maandag |
08:31 |
First bees
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| 29-12-2025 |
maandag |
14:52 |
Indian subcontinent splits from Gondwana
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| 29-12-2025 |
maandag |
21:13 |
Australia splits from Antarctica
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
04:50 |
Tyrannosaurus rex evolves
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
06:06 |
Cretaceous extinction event. 75% of all species vanish.
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
09:54 |
First primates evolve
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
13:05 |
First modern birds
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
16:15 |
Indian subcontinent collides with Asia. Tiber and Himalayas start to rise.
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
18:09 |
Whales return to the water
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| 30-12-2025 |
dinsdag |
22:36 |
Antarctic ice cap begins to grow
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
01:46 |
Grasslands become widespread
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
04:57 |
South America separates from Antarctica
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
07:29 |
First elephants. Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
12:34 |
Divergence of great apes and lesser apes
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
14:28 |
First bovids
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
17:01 |
First large horses
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
18:55 |
Rigel forms. Brightest star in Orion.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
19:14 |
Betelgeuse forms. Second brightest star in Orion.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
20:11 |
Last common ancestor humans and chimpanzees
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
20:13 - 20:36 |
Messinian salinity crisis. Strait of Gibraltar closes tight, Mediterranean Sea dries out.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
21:27 |
Australopithecus evolves
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
22:05 |
Great American Interchange. Isthmus of Panama rises, North and South America join, extensive fauna exchange follows.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
22:24 |
Current ice age begins
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
22:36 |
First members of the genus Homo appear
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:02 |
First controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:30 |
Last reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:35 |
Yellowstone Caldera erupts
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:40 |
Earliest human engravings. Zig-zag patterns on shells in Java.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:48 |
Earliest instances of burial
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:50 |
Neanderthals evolve
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:52 |
Anatomically modern humans appear in Africa
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:56 |
Humans begin migrating out of Africa
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:57 |
Toba supervolcanic eruption. Human population falls to 10,000.
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:58 |
23:58:40 Neanderthals go extinct
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:25 First domesticated dogs
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:39 Beginning of agriculture
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:46 Wheel invented
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:48 Writing invented
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:49 Great Pyramid
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:52 Iron Age begins
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:55 Julius Caesar
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:58 Galileo Galilei
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| 31-12-2025 |
woensdag |
23:59 |
23:59:59 Charles Darwin
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