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

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 ...

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

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological formation.

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

At the time, the Earth's surface was hot enough to bake pizza, but rocks still solidified. Those in this area formed almost ...

In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.

The map locates the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada, home to some of the oldest rocks on Earth. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas, soon after ...

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...