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Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 billion years to the Hadean era and are the oldest known rocks on the planet. They are described in a study published June 26 in the journal Science .
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crustGeologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a challenging Mars rock named “Kenmore,” revealing valuable insights into Martian geology.
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Woo! Science: The Worcester area holds clues to the Earth's distant pastThe Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...
Most agree the rock is at least 3.75 billion years old — but that wouldn’t make it Earth’s oldest. A close up picture of the 4.16 billion-year-old rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt ...
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