Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

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

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

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

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

New research suggests that Mercury's crust is shifting and twisting in unexpected ways thanks to the force of the Sun.

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or melted by geologic processes over billions of years.

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

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

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