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

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

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

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern ...

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 YORK – Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The ...

The result: The rocks were about 4.16 billion years old. The different methods "gave exactly the same age," said study author Jonathan O'Neil with the University of Ottawa.

On the shores of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada lie what could be the world’s oldest rocks. A study now suggests they are at least 4.16 billion years old — 160 million years older than any ...

And it’s all thanks to the mineral epidote. In the rock world, epidote is the hot trans man. Epidote shows up in rocks that have been hydrothermally altered as Earth’s crust gets shoved around.

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

The Weeknd is good at many things, and math might be one of them. He’s doing four shows at SoFi Stadium this week as part of ...