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The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...
Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, ...
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.
Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on ...
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological formation.
The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...
Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...
Scientists discovered three minerals that had previously never been found naturally occurring on Earth.
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.
Scientists say they have identified Earth’s oldest rocks. It could reveal an unknown chapter in our planet’s history Jonathan O’Neil via CNN Newsource ...