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

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

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

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

We are part of a research team that has confirmed the oldest known rocks on Earth are located in northern Québec.__ ...

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

Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

In a controversial 2008 study, O’Neil and his research team claimed that they had discovered a part of the original crust in northeast Canada’s remote Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt.

In a controversial 2008 study, O’Neil and his research team claimed that they had discovered a part of the original crust in northeast Canada’s remote Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt.