Scientists have shown that a "remelting event" more than 4.3 billion years ago "reset" the internal clock of most lunar rocks ...

Our rocky satellite's real age is concealed by a "remelting" event that caused its surface to liquify, distorting the story ...

Zircon crystals found in the Grand Canyon act as “natural time capsules,” preserving details of Earth’s ancient past, ...

The zircon crystals we found in river sand and rocks from Finland have signatures that point towards them being much older than anything ever found in Scandinavia, while matching the age of ...

Further analysis of lunar rocks and modeling will help scientists to better understand the moon and its history ...

Zircon crystals can survive geological processes such as erosion and metamorphism, making them invaluable for geological studies and radiometric dating. Credit: Robert Simmon, based on data from ...

Some of the pieces that make up the meteorite are tiny crystals of zircon – an absolute goldmine for geologists wanting to study the history of Mars, and the history of the meteorite itself.