Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

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

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

Hokkaido University researchers found ancient squids were the dominant ocean predators 100 million years ago - before dinosaurs went extinct.

A belt of volcanic rock along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada’s Quebec province has been confirmed as the oldest ...

Somewhere between Google Earth glitches and ancient prophecy, a new kind of internet mystery has taken hold. It doesn’t come ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that hovered around 0°C. This stable, warmer temperature could have served as a ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

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

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ...