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In 2025 geologists confirmed that rocks in northern Canada are about 4.16 billion years old — the oldest intact pieces of Earth's crust ever found.

Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (2025)

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The rocks belong to the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt on the shore of Hudson Bay, and settle a long argument about their age. They date to the Hadean, Earth's fiery first chapter, not long after the planet formed 4.5 billion years ago. To touch one is to touch a surviving fragment of the infant Earth, older than almost anything else on the surface.

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2025'te jeologlar, kuzey Kanada'daki kayaların yaklaşık 4,16 milyar yaşında olduğunu doğruladı — Dünya kabuğunun bulunmuş en eski sağlam parçaları.
Nuvvuagittuq Yeşiltaş Kuşağı (2025)

Kayalar, Hudson Körfezi kıyısındaki Nuvvuagittuq Yeşiltaş Kuşağı'na aittir ve yaşlarına dair uzun bir tartışmayı çözer. Gezegenin 4,5 milyar yıl önce oluşmasından kısa süre sonraki, Dünya'nın ateşli ilk bölümü olan Hadeyen dönemine tarihlenirler. Birine dokunmak, yüzeydeki neredeyse her şeyden daha yaşlı, bebek Dünya'dan hayatta kalmış bir parçaya dokunmaktır.

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