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 ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

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

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

Two different testing methods have revealed that rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northeastern Canada date back to 4.16 billion years ago, reinforcing their status as the oldest reliably ...

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.

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 ...

Rock record illuminates oxygen history Date: May 29, 2025 Source: Syracuse University Summary: A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million ...

They are the first moon rocks brought to Earth since the last Soviet Luna mission of 1976. ... Science and technology reporter Saturday 10 May 2025 11:44, UK. Image: ...

Thanks to a coin and a drinks can tab, researchers from the University of Glasgow’s School of Geographical and Earth Sciences discovered a new type of rock in West Cumbria, England, which has ...