The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of ...

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

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

The study also explains the existence of zircon crystals, a mineral found on lunar rocks during the Apollo mission. The age of this mineral can be determined by observing the ratio of uranium to lead.

But more recently, a different picture has emerged from tiny grains of lunar zircon. Zircon crystals are an excellent way to find the age of a sample because of a quirk of the way they form. When they ...

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

Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 3-2 at the Emirates on Wednesday night to book their place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. A much-changed Arsenal side got off to the worst possible start when Jakub ...

Scientists have shown that a "remelting event" more than 4.3 billion years ago "reset" the internal clock of most lunar rocks, which has helped obscure the moon's true age.

Arsenal are through to the Carabao Cup semi-finals after beating Crystal Palace 3-2. The game got off to the worst possible start for the Gunners as Jakub Kiwior miscued his header on a long ball over ...