Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Scientists discovered three minerals that had previously never been found naturally occurring on Earth. Although new species of animals are a common occurrence in the ...

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 ...

Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

Until now, the oldest-known rocks were ones dating to about 4.03 billion years ago from Canada’s Northwest Territories. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date to 4.16 billion years ago, a time known as the Hadean eon.

In 2012, Arizona produced more than $2 billion in nonfuel mineral commodities. While Arizona leads the nation in copper production, additional minerals ranked according to value include molybdenum ...

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

Yooperlites are rocks that fluoresce in the dark under ultraviolet light. They became known when an Upper Peninsula resident discovered them in 2017, according to the Michigan Department of ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...