A groundbreaking discovery in northern Quebec has confirmed the existence of Earth's oldest known rocks, dating back 4.16 ...

Researchers have just confirmed that these stones, aged 4.16 billion years, are the oldest ever identified on our planet. ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

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

Radiometric dating is one way we can accurately measure how old things are, including ages of rocks billions of years old. Skip to content. Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!

Radiometric Dating: Geologists have calculated the age of Earth at 4.6 billion years. But for humans whose life span rarely reaches more than 100 years, how can we be so sure of that ancient date?

Radiometric dating is like a super-sleuth detective that helps scientists figure out how old rocks, fossils, and artifacts are. It relies on the natural decay of radioactive elements.

Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to ca 60,000 years. Within archaeology it is ...