A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

Discover the 10 Oldest Cathedrals in The World, from Armenia's ancient Etchmiadzin to Spain's revered Santiago de Compostela, and explore timeless architecture and rich heritage.

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

In Greenland's icy expanse, scientists unearthed 3.7-billion-year-old stromatolite fossils, the oldest evidence of life on Earth, predating Australian finds by 220 million years. This discovery ...

The map locates the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada, home to some of the oldest rocks on Earth. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas, soon after ...

Nunavik, in northern Quebec, may contain the oldest rocks in the world, according to an Ontario researcher. These rocks formed just a few hundred million years after the formation of the Earth itself, ...