A remote outcrop in Canada harbors rocks that are at least 4.16 billion years old, researchers report June 26 in Science.If true, these rocks would be the oldest known on Earth and the first to ...

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 ...

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.

Rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada have been dated to approximately 4.16 billion years old using two independent radiometric methods, making them among the oldest known on Earth.

For the first time, an international team of scientists recovered a long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle.This layer just below the crust is the largest part of the planet ...