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If matter cannot be destroyed or created, does that means we are as old as the universe??

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Its energy cannot be created or destroyed, so Yeah technically our energy is old.

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Matter or energy cannot be created and destroyed, but can be transformed. That means that atoms can change configurations to make new molecules and also that under nuclear reaction atoms can be transformed from one element to another. So, the answer is that from the same matter (and energy) that created the universe,...

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