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

For decades, the oldest rock in the United States was considered Morton Gneiss, although a new contender has recently been ...

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

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

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada . The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of ...

This crag, an eye-catching expanse of gneiss rock near Tram Stop 1, makes a perch for saguaros. Cracks in the cliff face are geologic features known as joints. Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star ...

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Geologist Michael Ackerson holds a sample from Canada's Acasta Gneiss formation, home to some of the oldest rocks on the planet. Michael Ackerson We know Earth is old. Scientists estimate that our ...

Some of the Earth’s oldest rocks may have formed from the high temperatures of meteorite impacts, a new study reports. Granite-like, or felsic, rocks in ...

Burberry calls this pattern a “smoking gun” for the rockfall. The rock slid on impact, evidenced in part by a large crack through the front of the boulder, Killingback says.