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

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

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

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

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

Lithium and other critical minerals are in often-overlooked water sources like geothermal brines and oilfield produced water.

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.

Very little is definitive when dealing with rocks and minerals that have complex geological histories spanning more than 4 billion years, according to Jesse Reimink, the Rudy L. Slingerland Early ...