“Surrounding the Balfron Tower was this series of windswept concrete walkways and this quite weird concrete playground,” says Australian artist Simon Terrill, who had a residency in Balfron Tower. “If ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

Earth Science Ancient Rocks in Canada Are Almost as Old as the Earth Itself Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Just over 4 billion years ago, magma from Earth’s mantle infiltrated a fracture in the young planet’s primordial crust. Over the following aeons, nearly all of the planet’s early crust ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Quebec has long been known for its ancient rocks, but ...

On the shores of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada lie what could be the world’s oldest rocks. A study now suggests they are at least 4.16 billion years old — 160 million years older than any ...

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