By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

We're always learning more about our planet. From figuring out where life on Earth originated to exactly what lies beneath ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

Samples from a new site place the rocks at approximately 4.16 billion years old, in the earliest period of Earth's history.

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

Geology is also a hobby for those who enjoy collecting various rocks, minerals and/or fossils. This text uses material from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA ...