Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoELI 5 Carbon dating? And how we just found remnants of Theia from 4.5 billion years ago? How is that even calculable?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareELI 5 Carbon dating? And how we just found remnants of Theia from 4.5 billion years ago? How is that even calculable?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareLemmywinks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day ago The time it takes for half of the carbon to break apart, or decay as we call it, is called half-time You mean half-life, right?
minus-squarechris@l.roofo.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoYes. You are right. I typed this before going to sleep. It shows.
You mean half-life, right?
Yes. You are right. I typed this before going to sleep. It shows.