Finland's river crystals hold clues about the formation of 'Scandinavia's' oldest bedrock 3.75 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Scientists found rocks deep inside Earth's mantle that generate hydrogen and could reveal clues about deep energy and the ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

The ChemCam laser instrument on NASA’s Curiosity rover has turned its beam onto some unusually light-colored rocks on Mars, and the results are surprisingly similar to Earth’s granitic continental ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the ...

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Scientists affiliated with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and seeking the elusive "Moho" -- the boundary, which geologists refer to as the Mohorovicic discontinuity, between ...

Two test methods put the rocks at 4.16 billion years old The volcanic rocks date to primordial Earth's Hadean eon Rocks are surviving fragments of Earth's oldest crust June 26 (Reuters) - Along the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. What are the most common minerals on earth? The answers is not as ...

Earth has had a tumultuous past, so it's hard to get a clear idea of those wild early days. But a new study by researchers from the University of Adelaide raises the possibility that continents may ...