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

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

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 ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

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 ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start.

Not all of the newborn Earth’s surface has been lost to time. Transformed bits of this rocky material remain embedded in the hearts of continents, new research suggests. These lingering remnants ...

Perhaps it was simply another pseudotachylite, or part of the Earth's original crust, the critics said. Others suggested the young zircons could have crystallized in pre-existing rocks from the ...

A dense crystalline "rain" falling into Earth's mantle could explain how a mysterious seismic boundary forms beneath the crust, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The ...

FINDING a piece of original crust requires an epic journey to the frigid north, the scorching outback, or maybe even beyond the bounds of Earth itself. The first stop on our odyssey is Yellowknife ...

Only in science could the discovery of something old and crusty be exciting. And researchers are very excited about finding chunks of Earth's outer crust that are 3.8 billion years old.