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While the 4-billion-year-old rocks of the Acasta gneiss in the northwest of Canada were slightly older, having just barely formed at the end of the Hadean, they were still not old enough.

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Natural cement found in industrial waste reacts with ocean water to form rocks in just 35 years, instead of millions.

Saturn’s rings are a captivating cosmic spectacle that has long fascinated astronomers and stargazers alike. These magnificent rings, composed mostly of ice and rock particles, surround the gas giant ...

The rocks tested in the new study were called intrusions. That means they formed when magma - molten rock - penetrated existing rock layers and then cooled and solidified underground. The researchers ...

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

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.

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological ...

The new study changes that. The Nuvvuagittuq rocks aren’t just ancient fragments—they are larger structures that seem to have formed through the solidification of magma during the Hadean period.

The rocks may have formed when rain fell on molten rock, cooling and solidifying it. That rain would have been composed of water evaporated from Earth's primordial seas.