Closely related to the history of sedimentary rocks are the age of the Earth as an astronomical body and the evolution of the planetary system. We shall see from the discussion of the following ...

It’s widely believed that Earth’s moon is 4.35 billion years old, an estimated age based on lunar samples brought back to ...

BEFORE the time of the Scotch geologist, James Hut- ton, some 6,000 years was believed to indicate the age of the earth, and, indeed, of the entire universe. The advent of the uniformitarian ...

Ever wondered the age of the Earth? When you check scientific sources, you'll often find that the age of Earth is estimated to be approximately 4.54 billion years ...

In an "idea paper" published on December 18 in Nature, UC Santa Cruz Professor Francis Nimmo and his co-authors propose a ...

New research suggests volcanic activity reshaped the Moon's geology, resetting its apparent age to 4.35 billion years.

Ancient species may have evolved more slowly and lasted longer, but the pace of evolution picked up after global ice ages, ...