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Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...
The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.
Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and as the eons passed, the crust of the young planet experienced turbulence. Asteroid collisions shattered some parts, which melted and recrystallized, while ...