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Is carbon-14 decay specific or universal to the earth?

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I am not quite sure what you mean, but radioactive isotopes such as carbon-14 will have the same radioactive properties - i.e., they will decay - anywhere in the Universe, not just on Earth. In general, the laws of nature are believed to be the same everywhere.

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