The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

A remote outcrop in Canada harbors rocks that are at least 4.16 billion years old, researchers report June 26 in Science. If true, these rocks would be the oldest known on Earth and the first to ...

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

However, very little is known about this early chapter in Earth’s history, as rocks and minerals from that time are extremely rare. This lack of preserved geological records makes it difficult to ...

Now, University College London researchers have found evidence in an outcrop of rocks in Scotland, known as the Port Askaig Formation, that show evidence of the transition from a tropical Earth to ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we're finally opening the door to new research possibilities. While there are likely other groups of ...

They are described in a study published June 26 in the journal Science. Earth’s early days–and rocks Earth was a ball of molten lava when it first formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

Paleontologists unearthed fossils in the Grand Canyon dating back more than 500 million years that offer a new look into a ...

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 as much as $4 million, according to the auction house.

These rocks are unambiguously dated at 4.03 billion years old, marking the boundary between the Hadean Eon and the next chapter in Earth’s history: the Archean.