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Recent Examples of Noachian The climate of ancient Mars struck a balance that allowed water to exist; in particular, the late Noachian period (about 4.1 billion years to 3.5 billion years ago) is thought to have been a time when Mars was potentially habitable, even having rainfall that caused erosion. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025 Researchers believe that the Jezero Crater housed a lake slightly larger than Lake Tahoe during Mars's Noachian epoch, between 3.8 and 4.6 billion years ago. Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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Adjective
  • Sony introduced a now archaic version of RGB LED tech in 2004, though that version can hardly be compared to today’s displays.
    Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers believe that Pink represents the oldest archaic fossils ever found in this region, according to a study published in Nature on March 12.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet, the advent of commercial aviation in the 1950s rendered these icons of the seas obsolete almost overnight.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • As Maryland transitions to clean energy, customers are left paying for obsolete gas pipelines.
    Susan Stevens Miller, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Covilhã, Portugal Built within medieval fortified walls, included in Portugal's Historical village route, Covilhã is located in central Portugal at an altitude of 2,359 feet.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • One image shows God Doom holding court in his white robes, while another shows Hulk in what appears to be a medieval version of Battleworld's Greenland - in the comics, Greenland is made up of warring tribes of green, red, and gray Hulks.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Cuba remained largely without power on Saturday morning, after the island nation's grid collapsed the night before, knocking out electricity for 10 million people and raising fresh questions about the viability of its antiquated generating system.
    Fox News, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Looking at the math of our antiquated plurality voting system, the Democrats’ actions may seem rational.
    Rob Richie, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Permafrost—stable for millennia—is now thawing at an accelerating pace, breaking open microbial vaults from a prehistoric world.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The arrowhead, found in a pit alongside other prehistoric features, was meticulously carved from flint using a technique called knapping.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Noachian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Noachian. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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