Scientists have discovered a new type of sedimentary rock made of debris from slag heaps, formed in the geological blink of ...

The 311-gram space rock was discovered in 2023 and is known as the Northwest Africa 16286 meteorite — and based on the decay ...

New research suggests a group of rocks found in northeastern Canada might just be the oldest rocks on Earth.

Oldest rocks on Earth found in Canada, are more than four billion years old In partnership with Published on Jul. 7, 2025, 7:40 AM ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) of South Africa, these microscopic ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...

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

Since then, the age of those rocks — found in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt — has been controversial and the subject of ongoing scientific debate.

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Oldest Rock On Earth Confirmed To Be Over 4 Billion Years Old By 4.35 billion years ago, the Earth might have cooled down enough for the first crust to form and life to emerge.

Our investigation found shatter cones in the same 3.47 billion-year-old rocks, but also in younger overlying rocks, including lavas known to have erupted 2.77 billion years ago.