Derby and Derbyshire are known the world over for being the home of Rolls-Royce, being the cradle of industrialisation, boasting that Florence Nightingale lived here - and having fantastic scenery.

Dr. Holmes regards the two minerals as likely to be of the same age, and the pitch-blende to be, of all the Ceylon results, the one most truthworthy for age measurement.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

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