Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

New study challenges discovery of Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater - The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

A Martian meteorite, NWA-16788, weighing 24.67 kg, will be auctioned at Sotheby's. Found in Niger, it is estimated to fetch up to $4 million.

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Canadian researchers said they'd found the world's oldest rocks in northern Quebec. The find was controversial. But after more than a decade of hard work, they believe they've really proven it and are ...

It reveals that Earth’s first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably similar to today’s continental crust. It’s long been thought that tectonic plates ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began. A ...