Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, ...

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

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NASA has confirmed asteroid 2025 MM is approaching. The asteroid measures nearly 120 feet across—about the size of a small ...

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

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 probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Two isotope systems gave matching ages, strengthening the case that this rock is genuinely from the Hadean. If confirmed, it would make the Nuvvuagittuq belt the oldest known chunk of Earth’s crust, ...

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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 ...