Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Here the extraction technique for meteorites is applied to a 2.1 Gya fossil stromatolite to reveal the presence of hemoglycin by mass spectrometry. Intact ooids from a recent (3000 Ya) stromatolite ...

Stromatolites are sedimentary formations, fossil evidence of the earliest colony organisms. Before they learned to make colonies, even their loner ancestors left a subtle mark: a thin rime of ...

Detailed studies yielded extensive cyanobacterial fossils. He said that these stromatolites were first discovered by J B Auden of the Geological Survey of India in 1933. “The discovery of ...

However, some live together in very large groups of cells that can accumulate minerals and leave behind quite large fossils. For example, cyanobacteria formed large structures called stromatolites in ...

For example, cyanobacteria formed large structures called stromatolites in the oceans of early Earth. Scientists have found fossil stromatolites that date back to 3.48 billion years ago.

The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...

The rocks indicate an ancient, iron-rich environment, but the rover wasn't able study details of the rock's composition.

Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, and very high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet, under ...