Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

A stacked rock sculpture by Anthony Jucha at the 2023 Llano Earth Art Festival. Photograph by Patrick Michels Compared with rocks, of course, none of us are all that old.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

Discover the stunning 12,500-year-old rock art of Colombia's Amazon rainforest in our latest ... 12,500-Year-Old Rock Art Reveals Creatures Once Believed Extinct Long Before Humans Walked the Earth.

For the first time, an international team of scientists recovered a long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle.This layer just below the crust is the largest part of the planet ...

Rock art expert Don Christensen is among those few, having described multiple sites in Rock Art of the Grand Canyon Region, a book he co-authored along with Jerry Dickey and Steven Freers. Christensen ...

A huge, record-breaking set of rocks from deep inside the Earth could reveal how our planet formed, scientists say.. They are the first long section of rocks that come from the Earth’s mantle ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

The oldest evidence of Earth's ancient atmosphere may be lurking in rocks from the moon, a new study suggests.. That's the takeaway from a new analysis of moon rocks that Apollo astronauts brought ...

Luckily, the Earth’s oldest rocks have a unique characteristic that sets them apart from the rest of the Canadian landscape: they are all magnetic. “Our time out in the field was basically a ...