• Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 20th, 2015
It Was 4.1 Billion Years Ago That Life First Emerged on Our Planet

It Was 4.1 Billion Years Ago That Life First Emerged on Our Planet

That's very soon after Earth formed 4.54 billion years back

Watch: Tips on How to Date a Planet, Courtesy of MinuteEarth

Watch: Tips on How to Date a Planet, Courtesy of MinuteEarth

Dating a planet is fairly complicated, video breaks it down for us

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 26th, 2014
Oldest Crystals on Earth Are 4.4 Billion Years Old

Oldest Crystals on Earth Are 4.4 Billion Years Old

New technique confirms earlier age estimates for zircon samples

  • History
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • November 27th, 2008
Plate Tectonics Occurred a Billion Years Earlier

Plate Tectonics Occurred a Billion Years Earlier

This shapes a new image of the Earth of that time

Life Could Have Originated Earlier than Thought

Life Could Have Originated Earlier than Thought

Diamond fragments set new limit for life occurrence