Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

The carbon dioxide that results from respiration in and around deep roots is an essential component in the chemical ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Benz Mining Corp. (TSXV: BZ) (ASX: BNZ) is a pure-play gold exploration company dual-listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and Australian Securities Exchange. The Company owns the Eastmain Gold Project ...

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

Until now, the oldest-known rocks were 4.03 billion years old, found in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Tiny zircon crystals ...

A belt of volcanic rock along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada’s Quebec province has been confirmed as the oldest ...