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Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...
Researchers found three minerals never before catalogued on Earth
We're always learning more about our planet. From figuring out where life on Earth originated to exactly what lies beneath ...
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Woo! Science: The Worcester area holds clues to the Earth's distant past
Places such as Purgatory Chasm and Millstone Hill, in Worcester's Green Hill Park, bear witness to the work of the glaciers.
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.
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NASA Discovers That Venus’ Surface Is Still Alive: New Evidence of Active Geology
For decades, Venus, often dubbed “Earth’s twin,” has been depicted as a barren, inhospitable world, its surface locked in an ...
Rocks in Canada's Quebec Province Found to Be the Oldest on Earth
Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date ...
Volcanoes May Be Spewing Gold From Earth’s Molten Heart
Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...
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Fresh lava from Earth's mantle found bursting onto the surface where a new ocean is forming
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
Cambrian explosion may have occurred 15 million years earlier than previously thought
The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of ...