Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

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Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

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This new method found traces of life in rocks dating back more than 3.3 billion years and detected signs of oxygen-producing ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

Strong and weak rocks transform the landscape through erosion, and a new study reveals that soil resistance alters this erosion by up to 20x.

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 date ...

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Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...