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 ...
Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 ...
In a surprising twist on our planet’s ancient history, scientists are now suggesting that Earth might once have had a ring ...
It’s widely believed that Earth’s moon is 4.35 billion years old, an estimated age based on lunar samples brought back to ...
In an "idea paper" published on December 18 in Nature, UC Santa Cruz Professor Francis Nimmo and his co-authors propose a ...
The Moon is far older than we once believed — but its fiery past has kept its true age hidden. New research reveals that, a ...
New research suggests volcanic activity reshaped the Moon's geology, resetting its apparent age to 4.35 billion years.
Our rocky satellite's real age is concealed by a "remelting" event that caused its surface to liquify, distorting the story ...
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 ...