Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

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

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 ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

There are some weather phenomena that are more surprising than others, but without a doubt, the eruption of lava in ...

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

The Hadean Eon, Earth's first geological period, remains shrouded in mystery due to scarce rock records. However, Québec's ...

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

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

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