When Stonehenge-like megaliths in Brittany, a rainforest filled with cathedral-height caves, and an ancient palace that inspired Disney are all on the list of newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage ...

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

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

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

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

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

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust moved in relation to each other as early as 3.5 billion years ago ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

A ryokan in the sky? It sounds an unlikely prospect but Japan always delivers intriguing surprises. Who would expect ­tatami ...

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, resides a belt of volcanic rock that displays a blend of dark and light ...

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...