Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began.

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study has found that Earth's very first protocrust was surprisingly similar ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

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

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny little minds. First, there was the discovery of a terrifying black hole ...

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

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

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.

Trace of Earth’s original 4.3 billion-year-old crust found on surface SCIENTISTS have discovered a piece of Earth’s first crust, dating back some 4.3 billion years.

Early Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current ...

EARTH is just shy of 4.6 billion years old and roughly a couple hundred million years later the planetary blob began to cool enough for it to form its first crust.