Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

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

New study confirms age of ancient Nuvvuagittuq formation, offering rare glimpse into early Earth — and sparking calls for ...

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada’s northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...

Scientists have identified a 4.16-billion-year-old rock formation in northern Quebec, potentially the oldest known fragment ...

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

Researchers from Canada and France suggest that the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB), a rock formation located in ...

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Rocks dating back to the Earth’s Hadean Eon have finally had their antiquity confirmed as stretching back at least 4.16 ...

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On Thursday, the SpaceX capsule 'Grace' successfully docked with the International Space Station carrying four astronauts.