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Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...
But finding geological evidence of the extent of Earth's life (that is, locating rocks that formed with Earth, not on it) is ...
The Hadean Eon, Earth's first geological period, remains shrouded in mystery due to scarce rock records. However, Québec's ...
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?
In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...
Actithera has secured $75.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to support the clinical development of its lead ...
Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...