Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of the Earth's continental rocks have generated natural ...

A Fragment of Earth’s Original Crust Still Exists—and It’s Buried in Canada Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried.

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded so much that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except for one small chunk.

In a controversial 2008 study, O’Neil and his research team claimed that they had discovered a part of the original crust in northeast Canada’s remote Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt.

New study challenges discovery of Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater - The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced it is E ...

The Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest manmade hole ever drilled into the Earth's crust, is one of the most fascinating scientific endeavors of the 20th century. Located in the Kola Peninsula of ...

Unravelling Earth's 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case in point: the discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in the remote Pilbara region of ...

Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are crucial for producing clean energy because of their unique magnetic, phosphorescent, and ...

During the devastating magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake on March 28 this year, a CCTV camera captured the moment the plate ...

When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge ...