Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

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

The Old Man's stern face, a 40-foot-high rock formation some 1,200 feet above Interstate 93, became New Hampshire's landmark after being discovered in 1805. ... The massive rock structure, ...

Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7 billion-year-old rock NASA rover reveals signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars The new study's verdict: It was ancient life.

The fossil in question comes from 429-million-year-old sedimentary rocks in the Czech Republic. It’s a centimeter-long trilobite called Aulacopleura koninckii that split in half as the rock ...

Archaeologists identified the massive structure as a 2,300-year-old tomb. Outside, the rock-hewn tomb was shaped like a cube and had several fake doors. Inside, it had three burial chambers.

Instead, a study published Jan. 21 in the journal Nature claims the Yarrabubba impact structure in Western Australia, at around 2.2 billion years old, is now the oldest known impact crater.

The mass of space rock, which weighed over 6,000 pounds, was wrapped in a cargo net and airlifted out of the Old Woman Mountains in southern California by a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter.

A new study of old rocks on Earth could force a revision of theories about Mars. The results suggest ancient Mars might have been more magnetic than thought, challenging basic assumptions about ...