Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of streaked gray ...

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

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada . The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of ...

At the time, the Earth's surface was hot enough to bake pizza, but rocks still solidified. Those in this area formed almost ...

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

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.