Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

A new study has changed what scientists thought they knew about Earth’s early history. Researchers have discovered that the ...

Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Research results showed Earth’s earliest crust – known as the protocrust – that formed during the Hadean eon, would have a ...