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, ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Ancient rocks could shed light on Earth's earliest days Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas soon after the solar system existed.

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 ...

Work from two decades ago suggested the rocks could be 4.3 billion years old, placing them in the earliest period of Earth's history.But other scientists using a different dating method contested ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN. The Associated Press. June 27, 2025 at 3:20AM. Comment. Gift. Share.

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

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 ...