The map locates the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada, home to some of the oldest rocks on Earth. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas, soon after ...

Jonathan O'Neil / AP Ancient rocks could shed light on Earth's earliest days Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas soon after the solar system existed.

Nation World These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth Samples from a new site place the rocks at approximately 4.16 billion years old, in the earliest period of Earth's history.

On a remote rocky outcropping in northern Canada, scientists have found further confirmation that the area hosts some of the world’s oldest rocks (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.ads8461).

The town says the rocks came flying from a nearby quarry during blasting. Some rocks were the size of a baseball; others were larger than a size-11 shoe. The debris nearly crashed into cars.

Linda Gellman’s garden in the Elmwood Village has been on Garden Walk Buffalo since 2010 – back when the garden was new and the plants small. But, like other properties ...