Rocks dating back to the Earth’s Hadean Eon have finally had their antiquity confirmed as stretching back at least 4.16 ...

Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The ...

Researchers from Canada and France suggest that the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB), a rock formation located in ...

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?

Not quite a gateway to hell, but northern Canada has a gateway to the Hadean Eon, named after the Greek God of Hell.

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

Far in northern Quebec lies the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, a region made up of ancient volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Scientists are still debating its exact age– some say it’s about 3.8 ...

The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt near Inukjuak may well be the oldest accessible volcanic rock formation on Earth, but increased scientific interest in the region is causing irreparable damage to the ...