To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques have shown that a tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep ranch in western Australia is the oldest ...

To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques have shown that a tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep ranch in western Australia dates back to ...

The oldest known material on Earth is a tiny bit of zircon crystal that has remained intact for an incredible 4.4 billion years, a study confirms. The ancient remnant of the early Earth may change the ...

To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques have shown that a tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep ranch in western Australia is the oldest ...

IT’s 4.4 billion years old and was found in dirt trampled by sheep on an Outback station in the Pilbara. What was it and why is it so significant? The zircon, described in the journal Nature ...

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the ...

Washington: To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques have shown that a tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep ranch in western Australia is ...

It might looks like just a pretty fragment of crystal, but this blue substance is scientifically significant because it is the oldest piece of Earth, scientists claim. The tiny piece of zircon crystal ...

The Moon Is Millions of Years Older Than We Thought, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert Zircon crystals are minute rocks formed by extremely high temperatures and strong pressure, and are used on Earth to ...

An ancient meteorite strike hit what is now Scotland significantly later than previously thought, scientists say. The finding will rewrite the region's geological history and change what researchers ...