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

A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

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

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

The most massive chunk of Mars ever found on Earth could sell for up to US$4 million in a Sotheby's auction later this month.

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

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Most agree the rock is at least 3.75 billion years old — but that wouldn’t make it Earth’s oldest. A close up picture of the 4.16 billion-year-old rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt ...