3.7-Billion-Year-Old Rocks in Australia Are Rewriting the Story of Earth’s First Continents

Ancient Australian rocks suggest Earth’s continents formed later than expected and share a common origin with the Moon. A study of feldspar crystals preserved in Australia’s oldest magmatic rocks is shedding new light on the early evolution of Earth’s mantle and continents, as well as the origins of the Moon. The research was led by [...]