The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

This Martian meteorite is the largest piece of Mars we have ever found by a long shot,” Sotheby’s vice chairman of science and natural history Cassandra Hatton explained as NWA 16788 was to be the ...

At first glance, it might seem like an ordinary hunk of stone, but this particular rock is poised to fetch upwards of AU$6 million at an upcoming auction.

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

By Ryan Truscott A crocodile flips over on the river’s surface right in front of the canoe, then disappears into the white ...

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

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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Item 1 of 3 An outcrop of meta gabbroic rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, that are 4.16 billion years old, in this photograph released on June 26, 2025.