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

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

Scientists say they’ve extracted some of the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in northern Quebec. The rocks have ...

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

New testing now shows the rocks are 4.16 billion years old, formed during the Hadean eon, when Earth was just beginning to ...

Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date ...

Canadian researchers said they'd found the world's oldest rocks in northern Quebec. The find was controversial. But after ...

The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec contains Earth's oldest-known rocks, aged 4.16 billion years. This ...

In 2008, researchers reported that these rocks dated back 4.3 billion years 2, a claim that other scientists contested. Work ...

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

Natural cement found in industrial waste reacts with ocean water to form rocks in just 35 years, instead of millions.

From wind-sculpted arches to ancient sandstone caves, these hikes lead to some of the world’s most jaw-dropping natural rock ...