Planting trees has long been touted as a major tool in the fight against climate change. And on the surface, that makes a lot ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Science: Rocks from the Depths. 3 minute read. TIME. July 21, 1961 12:00 AM GMT-4. T he most accessible part of the earth’s interior is at the ocean’s bottom, where the crust is thin.

A huge and “incredibly rare” chunk of Mars that crash-landed in the Sahara will go on sale for nearly $2m at auction. Sotheby ...

Item 1 of 3 An outcrop of meta gabbroic rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, that are 4.16 billion years old, in this photograph released on June 26, 2025.

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...