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An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...
At the time, the Earth's surface was hot enough to bake pizza, but rocks still solidified. Those in this area formed almost ...
In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...
Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.
The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...
Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date to 4.16 billion years ago, a time known as the Hadean eon. The eon is named ...
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.
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.
Researchers revisited a crescent-shaped, mammoth tusk artifact discovered in Poland and estimated it’s around 40,000 years ...