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The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

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Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

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Through Oct. 5, this show explores the artist’s depictions of men, a focus more intense than that of virtually any other ...

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

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