Researchers have examined tiny time capsules found in the oldest-known crystals in an attempt to settle a question that divides scientists: when did Earth’s tectonic plates begin to move? Plate ...

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A new analysis of ancient grains of crystal embedded in rock from the Australian outback suggests Earth had dry land and fresh water some 4 billion years ago — a time when scientists had thought the ...

To wield a crysknife in Dune is to make a statement. Fremen craft the dangerous weapons from the teeth of dead sandworms. And if one draws the sacred weapon, they cannot resheath it until it draws ...

A new study of ancient detrital zircons from inland Australia has found the first evidence that the Earth has had fresh water and dry land four billion years ago, much longer than previously thought.

Researchers discovered the earliest record of freshwater, and now crystals may lead researchers to discover when life on Earth began, a new study says. A new study, which was published inNature ...

Zircon crystals are the oldest rock pieces found on Earth. Contrary to past beliefs, these crystals may have been formed in the impact craters left by ancient asteroids, a new study has found. Zircon ...

Each time scientists announce a new discovery on the origins of life, they have to do so with a grain of salt because a future finding may expand on what we think we know about our planet’s early ...

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A crystal is a solid in which constituent molecules or atoms are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern, distinct from the arrangement of atoms in an amorphous solid. The surface geometry of a ...

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars found tiny, dark bumps on a Martian ridge that are similar to those found around gypsum crystals that form in drying lakes on Earth, according to a statement from the ...