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

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 ...

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

Renowned geologist and former officiating director BSIP, Prof Mukund Sharma worked extensively on these peculiar structures known as stromatolites. Detailed studies yielded extensive ...

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then helped it heal ...

Scientists discovered a previously hidden ecosystem - lagoons in Argentina's Puna de Atacama harbors microbial communities, known as stromatolites, that could be good examples of the earlier form ...

These are preserved examples of what are called stromatolites. They are created when many millimetre-scale layers of bacteria and sediment build up over time into larger, dome-like forms.

These pools are home to living stromatolites, rock-like structures that are among the earliest fossil evidence of life on Earth. Video by Adrián Gutiérrez Cryptocurrencies have been a big winner ...