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

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

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

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

A groundbreaking discovery in northern Quebec has confirmed the existence of Earth's oldest known rocks, dating back 4.16 ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

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.

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

Two test methods put the rocks at 4.16 billion years old The volcanic rocks date to primordial Earth's Hadean eon Rocks are surviving fragments of Earth's oldest crust June 26 (Reuters) - Along ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

The Oldest Rocks on Earth Are in Canada, and They’re 4.16 Billion Years Old Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...