If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

These results suggest the existence of a process recycling marine carbon into Earth's mantle, which could contribute to ...

Science News: Earth harbors incredible secrets, ... These molten rock movements are part of a cycle that breaks continents apart and opens new oceans like what happened with the Atlantic Ocean.

If a rock passes close to the Sun many times, it grows weaker with each cycle. ... Meteor strike may have sparked an explosion of life in the early Earth. The rocks that do ... As space science ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

World’s oldest fungi, found in fossils, may rewrite Earth’s early history Fungal fossils, hundreds of millions of years older than previously known, shed light on the evolution of fungi ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, stripe-covered rocks found in the northeastern reaches of Canada. These rocks appear ...

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

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

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