Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying an old quarry. He was exploring the site with colleagues Linda Van Aller ...

Ancient trees like Methuselah and Alerce Milenario serve as living records of the planet's history and climate changes.

A nondescript, decrepit twist of gnarled wood found tucked between rocks in the Finnish tundra is a lot more than meets the ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

Tjikko is considered the oldest known living clonal tree. There are however many examples ... who has been documenting the oldest living things on Earth for the last decade. Her work is now ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological history ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in understanding early Earth." ...

Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team found ...