A comprehensive examination of the oldest minerals on the planet, microscopic grains of zircon more resistant than diamond, ...
The oldest crystals formed on Earth contain signs that continents existed during the Hadean Eon and were being subducted into the mantle more than 4 billion years ago. If true, this would not only ...
Parts of the ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.New research ...
The Hadean Earth was not a “young paradise” — it was a violent, molten world under nonstop bombardment. Oceans of lava, toxic ...