Well, a swap meet coming to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center might be just the event for you. On August 2, the ...

Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, ...

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

Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Lundy often is known as “the rock guy” due to his participation in educational outreach, local rock and mineral organizations ...

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

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 ...

In the intrusion, unlike the older rock that surrounds it, the two clocks tell the same story: the rock is about 4.16 billion years old. “Both clocks are giving the exact same age,” says O’Neil.

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